

Tumbling
Author: Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Unabridged: 13 hr 21 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 09/21/2012
Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction
Author: Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Unabridged: 13 hr 21 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 09/21/2012
Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction
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 Association’s Literary Award for Fiction, which she won twice. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband.
This was really beautiful& warm… Noon and Herbie’s marriage has suffered and is on the brink of separation but a package that was left at their front door will bring major changes into their lives and the community. Diane managed to capture the atmosphere of the 1950s in Philadelphia, she......more
Such an awesome story....The way The writer Tied Ethels past into her present activity was just .....Wow! I loved how she viewed her promiscuity as saving That one life that she was unable to do as a child....just an all around great story from a great author I must read more from ms. whetstone......more
Enjoyable read. It is amazing what love can overcome. What a true belief in God can accomplish, when you are set in knowing what you believe is true. This book centers around faith. Faith of characters and true love.......more
This story of a uniquely formed African American family that takes place in Philadelphia during the 40's and 50's is a deeply moving one. The marriage of Herbie and Noon is made vulnerable by the fact that it is not consummated due to a dark secret in Noon's past. She escapes her demons through chur......more