All-Bright Court (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Connie Porter
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1960’s and the 1970’s
- Setting: Lackawanna, New York
- Principal Characters: Samuel Taylor, Mary Kate Parker Taylor, Michael “Mikey” Taylor, Venita, Moses
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism
- Subjects: African Americans, Freedom, 1960’s, 1970’s, Blizzards, Child rearing or parenting, Children, Factories, Family or family life, Husbands, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, Suffering, United States or Americans, Wives
- Locales: Lackawanna, NY
Connie Rose Porter’s first novel, All-Bright Court, is a story of disillusionments and defeated dreams, but it is also a revelation of human endurance, which, along with humor, a sense of magic, compassion, and love, enable at least some of its characters to transcend their desperate lives. The book is written in a series of chapters, each of which tells a separate story. These incidents are unified by the fact that they all occur in a single community, by their recurring characters, and by the reiteration of pattern and theme.
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