Neighbors And Other Stories (Faber Editions) Av Diane Oliver

<p>''This breathtaking collection is a marvel ... One of my literary foremothers.''<b> Tayari Jones</b><br>''Astute, brilliantly observed, these timeless stories are remarkable. It''s all the more poignant to know the writer died at such a heartbreakingly young age:'' <b>Jackie Kay</b><br>''Oliver exquisitely projects the biggest narrative of mid-century America ¿ Jim Crow ¿ onto the smallest realities of everyday Black life. These stories are all gems.'' <b>Mendez</b><br>''Prose of such unexpected grace, with such sharp Gothic swerves, that you hold your breath, completely at Oliver''s mercy. What a talent.'' <b>Lucy Caldwell<br></b><i><b><br>And she was becoming frightened too, looking at all those white faces pressed against the windowpanes.</b></i><br><br>One Black family comes under attack as their little boy prepares to start at an all-white school.<br>Friends plan a protest sit-in at the Rose Crest Tea Room, only to be arrested.<br>The first Black student ¿ always the ¿Experimen