Saint monkey : a novel / Jacinda Townsend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Jacinda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Kentucky--Fiction.

African Americans.

Singers--Kentucky--Fiction.

Singers.

Successful people--Kentucky--Fiction.

Successful people.

Friendship in children--Kentucky--Fiction.

Friendship in children.

Best friends--Fiction.

City and town life--Fiction.

Christian life--Fiction.

Fate and fatalism--Fiction.

Competition--Fiction.

Singers--Fiction.

Friendship--Fiction.

Kentucky.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Christian fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

350 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]

Summary:

"Fourteen-year-old Audrey Martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky--but when her fingers touch the piano keys, the whole church trembles. Her best friend, Caroline, daydreams about Hollywood stardom, but both girls feel destined to languish in a slow-moving stopover town in Montgomery County. That is, until chance intervenes and a booking agent offers Audrey a ticket to join the booming jazz scene in Harlem--an offer she can't resist, not even for Caroline. And in New York City the music never stops. Audrey flirts with love and takes the stage at the Apollo, with its fast-dancing crowds and blinding lights. But fortunes can turn fast in the city--young talent means tough competition, and for Audrey failure is always one step away. Meanwhile, Caroline sinks into the quiet anguish of a Black woman in a backwards country, where her ambitions and desires only slip further out of reach"-- from publisher's web site.

Contents:

pt. One Audrey

Thrown (starting p. 11)

Bingo (starting p. 17)

Saint Monkey (starting p. 25)

Capezios (starting p. 34)

Cinderella (starting p. 42)

Griffin (starting p. 50)

Jupiter (starting p. 65)

Coal (starting p. 73)

pt. Two Caroline

Rhombus (starting p. 82)

Peanut (starting p. 92)

Saved (starting p. 106)

Lackland (starting p. 119)

Detail (starting p. 126)

pt. Three Audrey

Mr. Barbour (starting p. 134)

Puffer (starting p. 142)

Harlem (starting p. 152)

Him (starting p. 166)

pt. Four Caroline

3:10 to Yuma (starting p. 177)

Faith (starting p. 185)

Party (starting p. 194)

Angels' Share (starting p. 206)

pt. Five Audrey

Beautiful (starting p. 222)

Peace (starting p. 238)

Snow (starting p. 246)

Laundry (starting p. 255)

Brubeck (starting p. 263)

pt. Six Audrey

Ice (starting p. 271)

Famous Ones (starting p. 282)

Lightning (starting p. 296)

Hatteras (starting p. 302)

Key Lime (starting p. 309)

Wrecking Ball (starting p. 318)

pt. Seven Caroline

Ditch (starting p. 330)

Daddy (starting p. 340)

pt. Eight Audrey

Summer (starting p. 345)

Acknowledgments (starting p. 349)

Notes:

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Fiction, Honor, 2015

ISBN:

9780393080049

0393080048

OCLC:

862962211

Publisher Number:

99957477988