Name: The Blackwoods
SKU: 55994526
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Author: Brandy Colbert
ISBN: 9780063091603

Type

Physical Book

Author

Brandy Colbert

Publisher

HarperCollins

Year

2024

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780063091603

Synopsis "The Blackwoods"

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations of a Hollywood family—an unforgettable tale of ambition, fame, struggle, loss, and love in America.

The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name.

Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our time—and the matriarch of the most famous Black family in Hollywood. To her great-granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, she has always just been Bebe. And when she passes away, it changes everything.

Hollis Blackwood was never interested in fame. Still, she’s surrounded by it, whether at home with her family or at the prestigious Dupree Academy among Los Angeles’ elite. When private photos of Hollis are leaked in the wake of Blossom’s death, she is thrust into the spotlight she’s long avoided—and finds that trust may be a luxury even she can’t afford.

Ardith Blackwood has always lived in the public eye. A television star since childhood, she was perhaps closer with Blossom than anyone—especially after Ardith’s mother died in a drug overdose. Ever since, she has worked to be everything her family, her church, and the public want her to be. But as a family secret comes to light and the pressures from all sides begin to mount, she wonders what is left beneath the face she shows the world.

Weaving together the narratives of Hollis, Ardith, and Blossom, award-winning author Brandy Colbert tells an unforgettable story set in an America where everything is personal, and nothing is private.

Brandy Colbert

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Brandy Colbert es una autora estadounidense reconocida por sus novelas dirigidas principalmente al público juvenil y adulto joven. Nació y creció en Springfield, Misuri, donde desde pequeña desarrolló una pasión por la lectura y la escritura. Más adelante, se trasladó a Los Ángeles, California, donde ha continuado su carrera literaria. Su obra se caracteriza por abordar temas como la identidad racial, la justicia social, la sexualidad, la familia y el autodescubrimiento, siempre desde una perspectiva honesta y contemporánea.

Su primera novela, Pointe (2014), recibió gran reconocimiento por su tratamiento sensible de temas complejos como el trauma y la recuperación. Más tarde publicó títulos como Little & Lion (2017), ganadora del Stonewall Book Award, y The Revolution of Birdie Randolph (2019), consolidándola como una de las voces más destacadas de la literatura juvenil actual. Además de escribir ficción, Colbert ha contribuido con ensayos y relatos en antologías y revistas literarias.

A lo largo de su carrera, ha sido elogiada por su capacidad para retratar personajes diversos y realistas, así como por su compromiso con representar experiencias afroamericanas en la literatura juvenil. Actualmente continúa escribiendo y participando en proyectos literarios y educativos en Estados Unidos.

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