Award-winning Brooklyn author Jacqueline Woodson writes novel set in 1970s Brooklyn
Brooklyn BookBeat
Award-winning Brooklyn author Jacqueline Woodson, who has recently been named the national ambassador for young people’s literature, is well known for her commitment to writing children’s and young adult novels of the highest caliber. However, the National Book Award winner recently published her first book for adult readers in 20 years, titled “Another Brooklyn.”
Set in 1970s Brooklyn, its haunting narrative unfolds through the dream-like recollections of one woman, which slowly disclose the shared coming-of-age story of four girls, inseparably bound, who collectively imagine a brighter future beyond Bushwick. Through evocative vignettes, the novel strikes the persistent drumbeat of memory, building into a crescendo of emotions, once repressed, ultimately acknowledged.