{"product_id":"tumbling-diane-mckinney-whetstone-9780061792120","title":"Tumbling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Warm and intimate. . . . An accomplished novel, with sharply drawn characters, exuberant prose, plenty of period detail and a wise, forgiving outlook on family life.\" -- \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTumbling\u003c\/em\u003e is the beloved bestselling debut novel that launched the luminous career of Diane McKinney Whetstone, critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eTempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTrading Dreams at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e. Writing in a style as accessible as Terry McMillan, yet with the literary touches of Toni Morrison, McKinney Whetstone's \u003cem\u003eTumbling\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant, exquisitely rendered story of the ties that bind us and the secrets that keep us apart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoon and Herbie are deeply in love and living in a tightly knit African American neighborhood in South Philadelphia during the 1940s. But their marriage remains unconsummated because of a horrible incident in Noon's past, so each seeks comfort elsewhere: Noon in the warm acceptance of the neighborhood church; Herbie in the arms of Ethel, a jazz singer. Then one day an infant girl is left on their doorstep, and later Ethel blesses them with her five-year-old niece. Suddenly and unexpectedly a family, Herbie, Noon, and their two girls draw closer--until an outside threat reawakens a fire in Noon, causing her to rise up and fight to hold her family and her community together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane McKinney-Whetstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061792128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061792120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e14835 \/ Tumbling\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diane McKinney-Whetstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047255699711,"sku":"9780061792120","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af7f6500-6471-4a54-8e31-be1583125d57.jpg?v=1684989156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tumbling-diane-mckinney-whetstone-9780061792120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}