The Street

<p><strong>WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR TAYARI JONES </strong></p><p><strong>"How can a novel's social criticism be so unflinching and clear yet its plot moves like a house on fire? I am tempted to describe Petry as a magician for the many ways that <em>The Street </em>amazes but this description cheapens her talent . . . Petry is a gifted artist." -- Tayari Jones from the Introduction</strong></p><p><em>The Street</em> follows the spirited Lutie Johnson a newly single mother whose efforts to claim a share of the American Dream for herself and her young son meet frustration at every turn in 1940s Harlem. Opening a fresh perspective on the realities and challenges of black female working-class life <em>The Street </em>became the first novel by an African American woman to sell more than a million copies.</p>