

"Potent . . . Unforgettable." --Bharati Mukherjee The New York Times Book Review "A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT . . . . While Sweet Summer is infused with experiences unique to African-American culture, it speaks to the universals of human experience." --The Philadelphia Inquirer...


Is a woman ever too grown-up to be daddy's little girl? From an extraordinarily gifted black writer comes a daughter's passionate remembrance of a man--and a world--both larger than life and profoundly human.

This acclaimed memoir by the author of Brothers and Sisters and Singing in the Comeback Choir recalls the sweet summers spent with her father, an extraordinary man of dreams and inspiration, in the American South of the 1960s. Fearlessly unveils the pain of loss and the ecstasy...


