The Narrows: A Novel YAF022000 Then one night

Then one night

“More disturbing than any novel by [Carson] McCullers

But to worship the man

uprooted from the safety of kitchens perfuned by the aroma of freshly baked poppy seed cake and pierogi made by hand by generations of women

and the power of human love to save us again and again

The Narrows: A Novel YAF022000 Then one nightPetry is the writer we have been waiting for; hers are the stories we need to fully illuminate the questions of our moment, while also offering a page turning good time. Ann Petry, the woman, had it all, and so does her insightful, prescient and unputdownable prose. Tayari Jones, New York Times Book Review From author of the bestselling novel The Street, a masterpiece of social realism (Wall Street Journal) about a tragic love affair, and a powerful