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59 reviews
Diane Mckinney-whetstone

HarperTorch, 2005

Redemption
I liked Tumbling so much that I wanted to read all of McKinney-Whetstone's books - but I was prepared to dislike this one because of several reviews on this site. Surprise surprise! I liked it better than Tumbling. Sure, the beginning was slow, because she was setting up the perfect family situation, only to see it fall and rise again in a different way, including a totally different family in ...

Tumbling

86 reviews
Diane Mckinney-whetstone

Touchstone, 1997

BRILLIANT!
This was the first novel I've read by McKinney-Whetstone but it certainly won't be my last. What a beautiful novel; it actually reminded me of Toni Morrison's Jazz and any novelist who can conjure up images of Toni Morrison with only her FIRST attempt has got to be some kind of genius. Noon and Herbie love each other but have never been able to consummate their marriage due to a horrible secret ...

Trading Dreams at Midnight: A Novel

2 reviews
Diane Mckinney-whetstone

Harper, 2008

Mothers and Daughters: A Family of Women
For more than twenty years, Neena has been searching for her absent, mentally ill mother, Freeda. Freeda's last appearance is the night of her sixteenth birthday when she climbed into the window of her daughters' bedroom where they live with her mother, Nan. Nan is a stern but loving grandmother to Tish and Neena. Over the years, she takes them in when Freeda's wandering mind takes her on a ...

Leaving Cecil Street: A Novel (P.S.)

42 reviews
Diane Mckinney-whetstone

Harper Paperbacks, 2005

Wanted to Stay on Cecil Street
The novel LEAVING CECIL STREET by Diane McKinney-Whetsone is set in Philadelphia in 1969 on a beautiful African-American neighborhood street. It was a joy meeting Joe, Louise, Shay, Alberta, Shawn, Neet, Deucie, and Brownie in the novel. Cecil Street and its inhabitants reminded me of the cohesiveness of the African American neighborhood in the past. This is when African American continued to ...

Tumbling
Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Black Swan, 1997

Blues Dancing: A Novel

64 reviews
Diane Mckinney-whetstone

HarperTorch, 2005

PHENOMENAL
After reading Tumbling I knew that there was no way Diane McKinney-Whetstone would be able to top such an impressive debut: boy, was I wrong. Blues Dancing is phenomenal. I love that in McKinney-Whetstone's world there are no heroes or villains, just very real, very flawed human beings. Verdi's protected and ultra-safe world comes unhinged when her first (and only) true love, Johnson, comes ...