procrastinating at the park
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jan 21st at 9 a.m.
Belmont Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast
Belmont High School
Belmont
Feb 1, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Reading at the Dire Literary Series
The Out Of The Blue Art Gallery
106 Prospect Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Feb 7, 2008 at Noon:
Massachusetts Book Awards Ceremony
Boston State House
March 12 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
WRITING RACE: MEMORY & IMAGINATION
Reading sponsored by Community Change Inc.
The Museum of African American History
The Abiel Smith School
46 Joy Street
Beacon Hill, Boston, MA
March 13, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Reading
Springfield Public Library (Branch TO COME)
Springfield, Ma
And Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. on WGBH's Basic Black ...
PRAISE FOR JUMP AT THE SUN
People Magazine
"Told from the alternating points of view of these three women, the narrative shifts from past to present, raising unsettling questions about love and belonging. As Grace struggles to handle her own feelings of enslavement, McLarin offers up compelling meditations on race, class and history..." [4 stars]
USA Today
"...her daring novel has the fire-breathing sass of Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale and the soul-searching depth of Toni Morrison's Beloved...honest and surprising and provocative...refreshing on a hot summer day."
Ebony
"McLarin deftly explores how insecurities and inadequacies of mothers help form, and all too often mar the identity of their children. In the same fearless voice she has brought to her past novels, McLarin shows how Grace is forced to struggle with the same race and gender issues that plagued Mattie and her own mother Rae, and how Grace may very well pass the same burden on to her own daughter in a story that spans three generations."
Boston Magazine
"Thrumming with strong voices and emotions, Jump at the Sun keeps the pace up as Grace comes to terms with her relatives’ paths as well as her own."
Publishers Weekly
"[A] penetrating novel of family affection and disaffection...[in which] McLarin weaves the stories of three generations of mothers and daughters in astringent prose."
Booklist
"With her distinctive style and unique perspective, McLarin gives her readers a thought-provoking story concerning the burdens of expectation each generation of women must bear."
