Main character Cynthia befriends the Gen's two other Black residents, Bloc and Tish, as well as Lavia, who everyone assumes is from India. The Gen-short for Sexagenarian-is an upscale fifty-five-plus community located in the bucolic suburbs of Philadelphia. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband.Residents of an active-living retirement community revert to lives of youthful indulgence, even as time-bomb secrets of their pasts tick toward explosion. The author of the critically acclaimed novels Tumbling, Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street, and Trading Dreams at Midnight, Diane McKinney-Whetstone is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award for Fiction, which she won twice. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.Ĭontributor Bio(s): McKinney-Whetstone, Diane:. In this story of self-discovery that moves seamlessly between the early 1970s and early 1990s ( Publishers Weekly, starred review), McKinney-Whetstone takes readers into a world of erotic love, drugs, and political activism, and beautifully illustrates the struggle to reconcile passion with accountability and the redemptive powers of love's rediscovery. But her world is about to shift when the smell of butter lingers in the air and Johnson-the boy from the back streets of Philadelphia who pulled her into the fire of passion and all the shadows cast from it-returns to town. My aunt says if you smell butter on a foggy night you're getting ready to fall in love.įor the last twenty years, the beautiful Verdi Mae has led a comfortable life with Rowe, the conservative professor who rescued her from addiction when she was an undergrad. Essenceįrom acclaimed writer Diane McKinney-Whetstone, a richly spun tale of love and passion, betrayal, redemption, and faith, set in contemporary Philadelphia. Blues Dancing is a novel well worth curling up with a long winter's night.
McKinney-Whetstone uses her gift for language to weave a love story that spans more than twenty years and three lives. Twenty years later, Johnson reenters Verdi's life.
Verdi is rescued by a professor who falls in love with her. She meets Johnson, a poor, irresistible and militant student who teaches her about many things - including how to love heroin. Contributor(s): McKinney-Whetstone, Diane (Author)īinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Verdi, daughter of a Southern preacher, comes to Philadelphia in the 1970s and enrolls at the university.
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