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Key ideas from the book
- Penelope returns to Brooklyn and takes on the care of her ailing father.
- Gentrification changes the Bed-Stuy neighborhood Penelope remembers.
- Mirella’s departure for the Dominican Republic strains her relationship with her family.
- A request for reconciliation brings old wounds and family secrets back into focus.
- Penelope’s story explores the difficult work of reconsidering family ties and her own future.
About Halsey Street by Naima Coster
After abandoning her career as an artist in Pittsburgh, Penelope Grand returns to Brooklyn to care for her ailing father. In Bed-Stuy, the neighborhood she remembers has been transformed by gentrification, while her mother, Mirella, has left the family to reconnect with her Dominican roots. When Mirella reaches out asking to reconcile, Penelope must face the family wounds and secrets that have shaped their lives.
Published in 2017, Halsey Street is a work of American literary fiction centered on mothers and daughters, caregiving, and the upheaval of a changing neighborhood. Readers interested in women artists, Dominican heritage, family relationships, and questions of belonging may find it especially compelling.
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