Tempest rising
Subtitle: a novel
By: Diane McKinney-Whetstone.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: African American families -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Fiction; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: It is 1965 in Philadelphia. Clarise, Finch, and their three adolescent daughters are living the dream life of the black financially privileged when suddenly Finch's lucrative catering business falls on hard times and Clarise suffers an apparent nervous collapse. The daughters are discharged into the foster care of Mae, a politically connected card shark, and her stunningly beautiful, yet mean-spirited, daughter, Ramona.

The girls are not only faced with the status change of being catapulted into a working-class neighborhood; they must also deal with the spirit of malignity and jealousy that seems to hover over Mae's house. The girls' presence in and subsequent disappearance from Mae's house force Mae and Ramona to move beyond the abuse that has characterized their relationship and confront the brutal secret that caused their hearts to lock against one another.