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Everyday People

Stewart O'Nan
3.6
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Pages
304
Year
2007
Language
English
Publisher
Grove Press

About

Pittsburgh, 1998: Chris "Crest" Tolbert is eighteen years old, a soon-to-be father, and partially paralyzed after a devastating accident that left his best friend dead. In Everyday People, acclaimed novelist Stewart O'Nan offers a multifaceted portrait of Crest and of East Liberty, the African American neighborhood he calls home. As he deals with the challenges of new fatherhood and life as a paraplegic, Crest must also negotiate his relationships with his born-again brother and his father, who has been cheating on Crest's mother with a younger man.

Bringing together the stories of East Liberty's residents during one fateful autumn week, O'Nan vividly captures the experience of modern life in urban America.

Related Subjects

  • Literary
  • Adult Fiction
  • General (Family Life)
  • Family Life
  • General (African American & Black)
  • African American & Black

Reviews

"A unique and tantalizing novel that celebrates the lives of everyday people in an extraordinary way."
Mike Maiello, San Francisco Chronicle
"An important book... Beautiful, heartbreaking, haunting."
Manuel Luis Martinez, Chicago Tribune
"Like Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio or Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, Everyday People weaves its tale elliptically... . O'Nan creates vivid interior worlds, evoking conflicts and joys with astonishing grace and agility."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Artists

Stewart O'NanAuthor

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