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  • The Wedding

    A Novel

    by Dorothy West ...
    In her final novel, “a beautiful and devastating examination of family, society and race” (The New York Times), Dorothy West offers an intimate glimpse into the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's Black bourgeoisie on Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s.Within this inner circle of "blue-vein society," we witness the prominent Coles family gather for ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Living is Easy

    This stunning first novel by the author of The Wedding is one of only a handful of novels published by black women during the 1940s. It tells the story of Cleo Judson-daughter of southern sharecroppers and wife of "Black Banana King" Bart Judson. Cleo seeks to recreate her original family by urging her sisters and their children to live with her, while rearing her daughter to be a member of Boston ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Richer, the Poorer

    Stories, Sketches, and Reminiscences

    by Dorothy West ...
    On the heels of the bestseller success of her novel The Wedding, Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, presents a collection of essays and stories that explore both the realism of everyday life, and the fantastical, extraordinary circumstances of one woman's life in a mythic time. Traversing the universal themes and conflicts between poverty and prosperity, men and ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

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    The Richer, the Poorer

    Unabridged

    9 hours 27 min

    On the heels of the bestseller success of her novel The Wedding, Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, presents a collection of essays and stories that explore both the realism of everyday life, and the fantastical, extraordinary circumstances of one woman's life in a mythic time. Traversing the universal themes and conflicts between poverty and prosperity, men and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Wedding

    A Novel

    by Dorothy West ...
    Narrated by Robin Miles ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 21 min

    In her final novel, Dorothy West offers an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, The Wedding tells the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's black bourgeoisie. Within this inner circle of "blue-vein society," we witness the prominent Coles family gather for the ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Poems of Poetry

    Poems of PoetryBy: Dorothy Elizabeth WestPoems of Poetry: Memories of Life in Poems was composed while drawing on the author’s memories. Her memories span from a time when she felt poor and disadvantaged to the moment she looked toward heaven and realized that God truly does exist. Her poems discuss love, loss, and hope. Her poems convey her deep, sincere love of poetry.About the AuthorDorothy ... Read more

    $23.97 CAD

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    The Wedding

    by Dorothy West ...
    Narrated by Regina Taylor ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 14 min

    From Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, The Wedding is an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, this is the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's black bourgeoisie. Within this inner circle of "blue-vein society," we witness the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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