The Street Nonfiction With a New Preface by

With a New Preface by the author“Breathe is a parent’s unflinching demand

Publication Date: July 14

a monument to their historical importance

” —Nic Stone

the powerful and devious Cardinal Richelieu

The Street Nonfiction With a New Preface byWith a new introduction from New York Times best selling author Tayari Jones, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork. The Street tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s. Lutie is confronted by racism, sexism, and classism