{"product_id":"on-the-rooftop-9780063139954","title":"On the Rooftop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Reese's Book Club Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An utterly original and brilliant story.\" -Reese Witherspoon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives--set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San Francisco\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations. Ruth, Esther, and Chloe have been singing and dancing in harmony since they could speak. Thanks to the rigorous direction of their mother, Vivian, they've become a bona fide girl group whose shows are the talk of the Jazz-era Fillmore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Vivian has scored a once-in-a-lifetime offer from a talent manager, who promises to catapult The Salvations into the national spotlight. Vivian knows this is the big break she's been praying for. But sometime between the hours of rehearsal on their rooftop and the weekly gigs at the Champagne Supper Club, the girls have become women, women with dreams that their mother cannot imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe neighborhood is changing, too: all around the Fillmore, white men in suits are approaching Black property owners with offers. One sister finds herself called to fight back, one falls into the comfort of an old relationship, another yearns to make her own voice heard. And Vivian, who has always maintained control, will have to confront the parts of her life that threaten to splinter: the community, The Salvations, and even her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm, gripping, and wise, with echoes of \u003cem\u003eFiddler on the Roof\u003c\/em\u003e, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton's latest novel is a moving family portrait from \"a writer of uncommon nerve and talent\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Wilkerson Sexton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.34w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063139954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSexton, Margaret Wilkerson:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARGARET WILKERSON SEXTON\u003c\/strong\u003e studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at UC Berkeley. Her most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Revisioners\u003c\/em\u003e, won a 2020 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work and was a national bestseller as well as a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eA Kind of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e, was long-listed for the National Book Award. She lives in Oakland with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Margaret Wilkerson Sexton \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48397168050333,"sku":"9780063139954","price":22.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ab4a3259-866c-4575-aa6a-92e581fe648a.jpg?v=1781074858","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/on-the-rooftop-9780063139954","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}