Martha Southgate, Author . Scribner $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-684-86500-3
An upscale New England prep school is the setting for an intense confrontation between a brilliant Latin teacher and a precocious student in Southgate's quietly stunning second novel (after Another Way to Dance). Jeremy Washington is the erudite
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Martha Southgate, Author . Houghton Mifflin $24 (272p) ISBN 978-0-618-47023-5
In her second novel, Southgate (The Fall of Rome
) explores how one generation's liberation becomes another's idea of constraint. Nested narratives follow three black women—Mildred, daughter Angela, and granddaughter Tamara—briefl
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Martha Southgate, Author Laurel Leaf Library $4.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-21968-2
At the prestigious School of American Ballet, African American Vicki experiences subtle racism. Southgate's debut is ""a poignant account of self-discovery, convincingly hopeful and steadfast in its refusal to settle for easy solutions,"" said PW in
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Martha Southgate, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-32191-4
As in Erika Tamar's Alphabet City Ballet (reviewed above), the heroine of this impressive first novel is a minority student at a prestigious ballet school. Unlike Tamar's starry-eyed younger heroine, however, 14-year-old Vicki has experienced subtle
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Martha Southgate. Algonquin, $13.95 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-56512-925-2
In her haunting fourth novel, Southgate (Third Girl from the Left) examines the complicated issues of race, family, love, and addiction. Josie Henderson is a widely respected scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts and...
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