The Street

Name: The Street
Author: Ann Petry

by Ann Petry

Novel of a poor black woman's struggle against urban poverty, racism, and social decay

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Ann Petry

Ann Petry was the first Black American woman to sell more than a million copies of a novel with The Street, a searing naturalistic portrait of a Black woman's struggle in Harlem. Her work combines protest fiction with deep psychological insight.

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