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The Women of Brewster Place is an American television miniseries that was broadcast on March 19 and 20, 1989 on ABC. The miniseries is based upon the critically acclaimed 1982 novel of the same name by Gloria Naylor. It was produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions with a teleplay by Karen Hall.
The Women of Brewster Place: With Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens. A multi-generational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
The Women explores the lives of seven Black women who all live at Brewster Place, a tenement building in the poorer parts of an unnamed US city. The novel examines female relationships, both in terms of friendship and romantic love, as well as themes of sisterhood, violence, and sexuality.
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Jun 30, 1983 · In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America.
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Jun 2, 1982 · 4.19. 20,974 ratings1,115 reviews. In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak inner-city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America.
Jun 28, 2005 · Gloria Naylor. Follow. The Women of Brewster Place: A Novel in Seven Stories (Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series) Kindle Edition. by Gloria Naylor (Author), Tayari Jones (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.5 696 ratings. Best Price in 30 Days. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $4.99 Read with our free app. Audiobook.
About The Women of Brewster Place. The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor, now with a foreword by Tayari Jones“ [A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . .
The Women of Brewster Place. Top-rated. Sun, Mar 19, 1989. S1.E1. Episode #1.1. The matriarch and anchor for the women of Brewster Place is Mattie Michael. Her unselfish devotion to a ne'er-do-well son forces her to abandon her home, and try to make a new life in Brewster Place's dark and overcrowded tenements. 8.7/10. Rate. Top-rated.
A Novel in Seven Stories. By Gloria Naylor Foreword by Tayari Jones. By Gloria Naylor Read by Tonya Pinkins. Best Seller. Category: Short Stories. Category: Literary Fiction | Short Stories. Category: Short Stories | Audiobooks. Paperback $17.00. Jun 30, 1983| ISBN 9780140066906. Buy. Ebook $13.99. Jun 28, 2005| ISBN 9781101656174. Buy.
Oprah Winfrey, Jackee Harry, Robin Givens and Cicely Tyson star in this gripping drama about a group of strong-willed women living in the rundown housing project of Brewster Place.
