Her

Description:

This rowdy, irreverent novel explores relationships among a community of Black women--mothers and daughters, friends and lovers--who came to Detroit in the late 1950s to work the lines at the Ford Motor plant. "HER is a novel whose words refuse to be constrained by the boundaries of its pages. Like jazz that reaches out to both heart and gut...From a central core of strong women characters, Cherry Muhanji experiments and elaborates, playing variations, solos, and combinations up and down the register. Her creation is both eye-opening and sensual"--500 Great Books by Women.

subjects: African American women,  Fiction,  Lesbians,  Nineteen sixties,  Interpersonal relations,  Sexuality,  LGBTQ novels,  Lambda Literary Awards,  Lambda Literary Award Winner,  African Americans,  Women, literary collections,  Literature, women authors,  African americans, fiction,  Fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian,  Ferro-Grumley Award for Literary Excellence (Women) Winner

Places: Detroit (Mich.)