Tempest Rising

Name: Tempest Rising
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Diane McKinney-Whetstone
ISBN: 9781470325381

Author: Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Narrator: Susan Spain

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/14/2012

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Award-winning author of the national best-seller Tumbling, Diane McKinney-Whetstone is an immensely talented author of African American fiction. It is 1965 in Philadelphia and Clarise, Finch, and their three adolescent daughters are living a financially privileged life. But when Finch's business falls on hard times and Clarise suffers a mental breakdown, their idyllic world is shattered and their daughters are endangered.

About Diane McKinney-Whetstone

The author of the critically acclaimed novels Tumbling, Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street, and Trading Dreams at Midnight, Diane McKinney-Whetstone is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Black Caucus of the American Library Associationâ€™s Literary Award for Fiction, which she won twice. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deena

All hail the Queen!!! Diane McKinney-Whetstone has done it again! I read Tumbling and thoroughly enjoyed it. I recommended it to anyone who would listen. I anxiously awaited the author's second novel and I was not disappointed!! The characters in this book were so well-written that I was instantly d......more

Goodreads review by Susan

This was almost a five-star read for me. It'll definitely be a book I think about a LOT going forward, as there's so much going on. And one thing I need to think about and mull over is the ending. The book stops just as things are getting good, just as all the various pieces have come together in on......more

Goodreads review by La Tonya

This is another love story of a family when true love exist. It conquers all bridges. I love the author's writing style of bridging the information to the reader in a poetic style. Each detail of the rooms and the expressions on the characters faces is mastered. Excellent Read. The reader will find......more

Goodreads review by Amiee

I really wanted to like this but struggled. The last 20% took me 4 days!......more