Good Hair: A Novel, by Benilde Little
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A #1 Blackboard Bestseller Voted as one of the top ten books of the year by the Los Angeles Times Alice Andrews is a Newark-bred newspaper reporter living the single girl life in Manhattan, while trying to forget the smooth-talking investment banker she thought was Mr. Right. When she meets Jack Russworm, a handsome, third generation Harvard-educated doctor, it seems as though things are finally falling into place. Their romance builds beautifully, but as the relationship gets serious, their divergent upbringings start to the surface. Will they move beyond or get trapped by the expectations of their different worlds. A delicious, eye-opening look at the world of upper class Black Manhattanites.
Good Hair: A Novel, by Benilde Little- Amazon Sales Rank: #627258 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Released on: 2015-03-31
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Publishers Weekly Entering the terrain of the African American upper class previously explored by Dorothy West and Andrea Lee, Little makes a distinctive debut. She shows a discerning eye for class divisions among socially mobile blacks and an astute insight into the damaged psyches that can result. Her protagonist is a middle-class African American woman whose values are called into question when she meets the crown prince of Boston's black bourgeoisie. Mount Holyoke graduate Alice Lee, now a newspaper reporter living in Manhattan, somewhat reluctantly falls in love with Mt. Sinai surgeon Jack Russworm, "a Black Ward Cleaver, who made a million dollars a year and dressed in Armani." But Alice, who grew up middle-class in Newark, worries about Jack's carefully maintained distance from the experience of less fortunate African Americans. Jack is a blue blood. Like others in his old-money, old-school crowd, he practices an unthinking elitism and social cruelty. As the couple moves closer to marriage, insecure Alice must confront the fact that many of her values seem to have more to do with wish-fulfillment than reality. Little shows skill in creating complex, well rounded characters?most crucially, Jack, who, although snobbish, naive and concerned with appearances, is at heart a good man. More than subtle class differences threaten his and Alice's relationship, however; a sexual misadventure almost parts them for good. Bill Cosby's cuddly "Dr. Huxtable" made the BUPs (black urban professionals) standard household fare, although Cosby muffled the stresses by removing the sting. Little's characters have their stingers intact, and her candid assessment of several generations of blacks whose aspirations are mixed with frustration and shame, as well as her portrayal of the small, closed society that W.E.B. Du Bois called the Talented Tenth, make this a compelling read. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal In her first novel, Little explores upper-class African American culture as she shows a woman struggling to be who she is while trying to fit an image of who she should be. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review Glenda Eckert Tulsa World With just the right touch of humor, the reality in this smart novel hits the soul. Little does an exceptional job of conveying inner feelings, even the ones that are sometimes difficult to confront.Karen Grigsby-Bates Los Angeles Times Book Review Benilde Little...has written what some might consider an oxymoron...a Black comedy of manners...An absorbing read.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Negro Geography By Yasmin Coleman On a cold, dreary winter day and anticipating nothing better than curling up with a good book I decided to give Benilde Little's debut novel Good Hair a chance. Mind you this book had been sitting on my bookshelf for almost a year and I wasn't overly enthused or anxious about reading it but there was just enough information on the book jacket to entice me regarding what I hoped would be a light, quick and entertaining read. Good Hair lived up to the challenge! I really enjoyed this book...and was pleasantly surprised. The story is told in first person from Alice, the protagonist, point of view. It's the story of a most unlikely romance between Alice a hard working, first generation college educated sista who falls for Jack the by-product of an upper middle class, privileged AA family and a third generation doctor. Along the way we really get to know Alifce and the story seems almost autobiographical in nature as we journey with Alice from her childhood through the present as she struggles with day-to-day encounters and tries to find herself in the midst of it all. The storyline was spiced with pointed insight regarding contemporary issues such as spousal abuse, incest/sexual abuse, suicide, homosexuality, betrayal, self-esteem as well as caste issues among AAs. Good Hair was grammatically well written and the storyline flowed, however, at times, it also felt like a casually plotted storyline with sketchy characters,sometimes stilted dialogue, and a multitude of loose end situations. I believe that the storyline had the potential to be even better if (1) greater character development was displayed beyond Alice's character; I especially would have liked to hear Jack's point of view vs. being told about him from primarily Alice's perspective; (2) stronger ending...I was really disappointed in the ending which seemed trite and predictable. Then again the ending did leave room for a sequel. Overall Good Hair was a good read and it held my interest so much so that I was able to finish the book in one setting. Ms. Little's writing style piqued my interest and I will also give The Itch-her sophomore novel- a chance.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. EXCELLENT!! By A Customer This was the first time that I have read a book by Ms. Little and it was excellent! She kept me reading and reading and I didn't want to put it down. This book describes the lives of many young women who find love when they least expect it. The only thing that left me hanging was the end. It left me wondering what happened after the marriage and whether or not Ms. Sherry was actually pregnant. But overall its a WONDERFUL novel. Keep up the good work Ms. Little.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. BOOK LEFT MUCH TO BE DESIRED By A Customer Aside from the cheap shots taken at Rutgers (where I am a student), I really enjoyed the beginning of the book where the author introduced Alice's experiences growing up in Newark, NJ because this is the only well developed portion of the book. It allowed Alice to introduce herself to the reader, whereas the other characters were not as well developed. This could stem from the fact that Alice is telling the story in the first person. In other words, Alice doesn't allow the reader to learn more about the other characters in the book, i.e.- Jack, the other main character, because she doesn't really know them herself. It's as though her superficiality (Coach this, Ferragamo that) is evidenced in the book through her shallow examinations of the other characters. Readers witness them on a surface level only. However, this explanation in no way compensates for my disappointment with the character development. It's just an observation. Little's The Itch suffered the same problem.I would have loved for Alice to relay some of the stories of Jack's childhood and young adulthood, the experiences in his life that made him who Alice fell in love with (that is, if she was really in love with him and not his status). He was represented as an oftentimes naive man, but there was only one instance of his naivete in this book (the cheating). I needed more proof since this was his mom's excuse for the cheating, for which Alice forgave him.I would really love to see more novels written by a more seasoned Little that introduce and more deeply examine the lives (not just the twisted events, but the thoughts, feelings and ideas of these people in an authentic voice)of the black, upper-class. The Itch and Good Hair are the only books of this severely underrepresented genre. Little alluded to the cause of this shortage and the problems with Good Hair that I've discussed in The Itch: a system that repackages black art for an assumed homogeneous mass black market, i.e.-the film that broke even in The Itch. In the end, the artist can not recognize his or her own work and the "mass market" isn't given a chance to witness the artist's true vision. This is probably Little's apology for not being able to deliver a better book with her first attempt, Good Hair.
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