A Drop of Patience
by William Melvin Kelley
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Pub Date Oct 03 2019 | Archive Date Oct 18 2019
Quercus Books | riverrun
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Description
At the age of five, a blind African-American boy is handed over to a brutal state home. Here Ludlow Washington will suffer for eleven years, until his prodigious musical talent provides him an unlikely ticket back into the world.
The property of a band, playing for down-and-outs in a southern dive, Ludlow's pioneering flair will take him to New York and the very top of the jazz scene - where his personal demons will threaten to drag him back down to the bottom.
A Drop of Patience is the story of a gifted and damaged man entirely set apart - by blindness, by race, by talent - who must wrestle with adversity and ambition to generate the acceptance and self-worth that have always eluded him.
Advance Praise
'A Drop Of Patience is a moving, painful and stinging experience.' - New York Times Book Review
'In this, as in his earlier books, Mr. Kelley writes with strength, simplicity and absolute honesty.' - New York Herald Tribune
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781787478077 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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