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Bed Stuy

By: Jerry McGill
Narrated by: Preston Butler III
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Summary

From the author of Dear Marcus comes a breathtaking novel about a fated love affair that crosses the divides of race and class.

Rashid is a young Black man from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, with a complicated life. Looking for an escape from a neighborhood few ever leave, he finds it in Rachel - married, twenty years his senior, and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. It begins with a flirtation and a tryst. It becomes an intense romance, exhilarating and enriching, that defies the expectations of Rashid’s friends and family. What draws Rachel to Rashid is his curiosity, his need for intimacy, and his adoration - everything lacking in her crumbling marriage. But as the fault lines of their relationship become more prevalent, so do the inevitable choices one makes when falling in love.
©2021 by Jerry McGill. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
African American Contemporary
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“McGill’s prose can acquire a quick, musical rhythm before settling into more expansive sections that deftly take on questions of race and class. In many ways, the novel is a wonder to behold.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Smart and touching…McGill succeeds in depicting love as a universal force, for better or for worse.”—Publishers Weekly 

“Love defies all odds in Jerry McGill’s lyrical and heartbreaking novel Bed Stuy.”—POPSUGAR 

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Thoughtful and insightful reading,.

Loved the content and the narration,and will be keenly looking forward to further books by this Author.

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