Singing in the Comeback Choir

De: Bebe Moore Campbell

Narrado por: Bebe Moore Campbell

Duración: 5 h y 26 m

Resumen del Editor

Maxine McCoy has made it. She has overcome the odds she faced as an African-American woman from a working class Philadelphia neighborhood to become a successful television producer in Los Angeles. She loves her hard-working, ambitious husband, and is pregnant with her first child. She does worry, though, that the shows she produces are of no social value. But this concern drops away when she receives a phone call from her grandmother's caretaker and learns she has to return to Philadelphia.

Orphaned at an early age, Maxine grew up with her grandmother, Lindy, a singing star. Lindy is now a smoking, drinking, embittered woman whose glorious voice has atrophied from disuse - and the house on Sutherland Street, that used to swing with laughter and music, is dim and lifeless. Lindy's once-thriving neighborhood has become a blighted, crime-infested area. Yet, after a few days there, Maxine realizes that Lindy and Sutherland Street itself have been the source of her own strength and success, and she is moved to help them both reclaim their glory.

©1998 Elma, Inc. (P)1998 Audio Renaissance Tapes, a Division of CPU, Inc.

Not Her Best But Acceptable

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. I thought it lacked details and didn't establish the characters enough.

Has Singing in the Comeback Choir turned you off from other books in this genre?

No

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Bebe Moore Campbell?

Not sure

Did Singing in the Comeback Choir inspire you to do anything?

No

Any additional comments?

I was a bit disappointed but she is still my favorite author.

I enjoyed the insight into the media industry

I enjoyed the novel very insightful and informative. I would recommend this for anyone in the media business

Easy to listen to

I liked this story because it was realistic without being depressing. I loved the way that it incorporated music with the narrative. It is nostalgic for those of us who experienced Black urban living as well as enlightening to those who did not.

good

It was good story, nothing unexpected and was glad there was not a sad ending.
My first Campbell book. not bad.