cover image Joy-Hunt

Joy-Hunt

Marsha Hunt. Plume Books, $12.95 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26753-4

Joy, who rose from poverty by forming a Supremes-like singing group with her sisters, is eulogized by the loving woman who raised her and by her less admiring family. According to PW , first-novelist Hunt ``still has much to master in her craft: her grasp of African American vernacular is engaging but uneven, and the swarming plot seems a cross between Rebecca and Dreamgirls .'' (Jan.)