On the rooftop
(Pre-loaded Audio)
Author
Contributors
Miles, Robin, narrator.
Published
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, 2022.
ISBN
9781669659662, 1669659666
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Flossmoor Public Library - Stacks | PLWY FIC SEX | On Shelf |
St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Audiobooks | AUDIO BOOK FIC SEXTON | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Gentrification -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mother and child -- Fiction.
Neighborhoods -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Sound recordings.
Women singers -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Gentrification -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mother and child -- Fiction.
Neighborhoods -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Sound recordings.
Women singers -- Fiction.
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Published
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio :, 2022.
Format
Pre-loaded Audio
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 10 hrs., 30 min.) ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781669659662, 1669659666
UPC
9781669659662
Notes
General Note
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
General Note
"Reese's Book Club"--Container.
Participants/Performers
Read by Robin Miles.
Description
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. 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.
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PLAYAWAY
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sexton, M. W., & Miles, R. (2022). On the rooftop (Unabridged.). Playaway Digital Audio :.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson and Robin, Miles. 2022. On the Rooftop. Playaway Digital Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson and Robin, Miles. On the Rooftop Playaway Digital Audio, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson,, and Robin Miles. On the Rooftop Unabridged., Playaway Digital Audio :, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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