Description
A luminous collection of stories by Toni Cade Bambara, this book moves through intimate portraits of everyday people—apprentices, families, and neighbors—where humor, tenderness, and hard-won insight share the same page. Across shifting scenes and voices, characters confront longing, survival, and the quiet persistence of community, revealing how history and identity live in ordinary moments. With Bambara’s distinctive blend of lyrical realism and sharp social observation, the stories braid personal experience with larger questions about power, belonging, and what it means to keep going. From the title story’s haunting resilience to the collection’s many medleys of struggle and grace, these narratives invite readers to listen closely to the lives that refuse to disappear.
Available Editions
paperback
Woman's Press
Published Jan 1, 1984
208 pages
ISBN: 9780704328556
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Details
First Published
1977
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Sea Birds Are Still Alive by Toni Cade Bambara.