num_pages: 192
description: The Women of Brewster Place depicts seven courageous black women struggling to survive life's harsh realities. Each woman has an individual story to tell. Their stories include the trials and tribulations they endured to end up at Brewster Place; Brewster Place is a dead end street that is cut off from the rest of the town. The seven women include: Mattie Michael, Etta Mae Johnson, Kiswana Browne, Lucielia Louise Turner, Cora Lee, and Lorraine and Theresa.
language: English
title: The Women of Brewster Place
titlecomplete: The Women of Brewster Place
genres: Classics, Adult Fiction, Short Stories, African American, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 20490
series: Brewster Place
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award
category: First Novel
publisher: Penguin Books