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. Resilient and open-hearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects—a common prison and a shared home. Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition in this unforgettable read.