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Barcode37821002472971
LocationMarshall District
TitleOn the rooftop : a novel / Margaret Wilkerson Sexton.
AuthorSexton, Margaret Wilkerson author.
Call NoFIC SEX
CollectionAdult Fiction

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International Standard Book Number 9780063139961
International Standard Book Number 0063139960
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6
Personal Name Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson author.
Title Statement On the rooftop : a novel / Margaret Wilkerson Sexton.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Ecco, 2022
Physical Description 292 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary, Etc. "A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives-set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San Francisco"-- Provided by publisher.
Summary, Etc. At home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations. Ruth, Esther, and Chloe have been singing and dancing in harmony since they could speak. Thanks to the rigorous direction of their mother, Vivian, they've become a bona fide girl group whose shows are the talk of the Jazz-era Fillmore. Now Vivian has scored a once-in-a-lifetime offer from a talent manager, who promises to catapult The Salvations into the national spotlight. Vivian knows this is the big break she's been praying for. But sometime between the hours of rehearsal on their rooftop and the weekly gigs at the Champagne Supper Club, the girls have become women, women with dreams that their mother cannot imagine. The neighborhood is changing, too: all around the Fillmore, white men in suits are approaching Black property owners with offers. One sister finds herself called to fight back, one falls into the comfort of an old relationship, another yearns to make her own voice heard. And Vivian, who has always maintained control, will have to confront the parts of her life that threaten to splinter: the community, The Salvations, and even her family.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Sisters Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Gentrification California San Francisco Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Mother and child Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Nineteen fifties Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Neighborhoods California San Francisco Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction
Index Term-Genre/Form Bildungsromans
Index Term-Genre/Form Domestic fiction
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels