by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Angela is beautiful, talented, ambitious, and Black. When she leaves the confines of her family and Philadelphia for the artistic life in Greenwich Village, she makes the choice to enjoy all of the advantages that come with being perceived white. But being a white woman still means being a woman, and Angela soon finds that navigating love, career, and friends won’t be easy on her own.
This coming-of-age novel takes a frank look at love and identity and asks, what do we give up and what do we gain when we let the perceptions of others shape who we are?
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Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961) was an American author of three novels. As literary editor of the NAACP’s magazine The Crisis, she was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, aiding the careers of many notable writers, including Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Bennett.
| Edition | First Quite Literally Books edition copyright © 2025 |
|---|---|
| Paperback | 400 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-964782-01-0 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 2025930553 |
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