And Vivian, who has always maintained control, will have to confront the parts of her life that threaten to splinter. 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. A deeply felt, big hearted exploration of family, sisterhood and gentrification, this is the kind of expansive, lush novel that envelops with charm while provoking with its fierce intelligence. The neighbourhood is changing, too – all around the Fillmore, white men in suits are approaching Black property owners with offers. On the Rooftop further cements Margaret Wilkerson Sexton as a deft chronicler of Blackness in America. 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. Vivian knows this is the big break she's been praying for. Now, Vivian has scored a once-in-a-lifetime offer from a talent manager, who promises to catapult The Salvations into the national spotlight.
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.
Ruth, Esther and Chloe have been singing and dancing in harmony since they could speak. At home, they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations. On the Rooftop: A Novel by Wilkerson Margaret Sexton Published: T00:0 Hardcover : 304 pages 4 members reading this now 4 clubs reading this now 0 members have read this book A Reese’s Book Club Pick An utterly original and brilliant story.
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