{"product_id":"stories-from-the-tenants-downstairs-9781982145811","title":"Stories from the Tenants Downstairs","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Gloria Naylor's \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Brewster Place\u003c\/i\u003e and Lin Manuel Miranda's \u003ci\u003eIn the Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, Sidik Fofana's electrifying collection of eight interconnected stories showcases the strengths, struggles, and hopes of one residential community in a powerful storytelling experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach short story follows a tenant in the Banneker Homes, a low-income high rise in Harlem where gentrification weighs on everyone's mind. There is Swan in apartment 6B, whose excitement about his friend's release from prison jeopardizes the life he's been trying to lead. Mimi, in apartment 14D, who hustles to raise the child she had with Swan, waitressing at Roscoe's and doing hair on the side. And Quanneisha B. Miles, a former gymnast with a good education who wishes she could leave Banneker for good, but can't seem to escape the building's gravitational pull. We root for these characters and more as they weave in and out of each other's lives, endeavoring to escape from their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories from the Tenants Downstairs\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly captures the joy and pain of the human experience and heralds the arrival of a uniquely talented writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982145811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sidik Fofana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42223745663157,"sku":"9781982145811","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_27f20817-4cfe-439e-bbec-24d67056abb2.jpg?v=1655781220","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stories-from-the-tenants-downstairs-9781982145811","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}