Title: Such was the season
First published: 1987
Description: Such Was the Season is the story of an eventful week in the life of an elderly matriarch of a large black family in Atlanta. Annie Eliza narrates the story of "a killer diller" week, with the homecoming of her nephew, Adam "Juneboy" North, a doctor at Yale who has been gone for more than twenty-five years. Following her nephew's arrival Annie Eliza's daughter-in-law declares her intention to run for a seat in the state senate, which is soon disrupted by the threat of scandal involving someone close to her.
Subjects: Older women, African American women, Aunts, Fiction, Fiction, family life, African americans, fiction, Atlanta (ga.), fiction, New York Times reviewed
Places: Atlanta (Ga.)