![]() ![]() In Tempest Rising, McKinney-Whetstone richly evokes the early 1960s in west Philadelphia in this story of loss and healing, redemption, and love. The girls presence in and subsequent disappearance from Maes house force Mae and Ramona to confront the brutal secret that caused their hearts to lock against each other. As Ramona struggles with Mae's abuse and her own hatred for the foster children, she also tries to keep at bay a powerful attraction she has for her boyfriend's father. More Books by Diane McKinney-Whetstone Blues Dancing. ![]() Though Mae lavishes affection onto her foster children, she is abusive to her own child, Ramona, a twenty-something stunning beauty. In Tempest Rising, McKinney-Whetstone richly evokes the early 1960s in west Philadelphia in this story of loss and healing, redemption, and love. The girls are wrenched from their mother and dumped into foster care in a working-class neighborhood in the home of Mae, a politically connected card shark. ![]() ![]() When their father disappears suddenly, he is presumed dead, sending their mother spiraling into an apparent breakdown. But their lives quickly unravel as their father's lucrative catering business collapses. Set in west Philadelphia in the early sixties, Tempest Rising tells the story of three sisters, Bliss, Victoria, and Shern, budding adolescents raised in a world of financial privilege among the upper-black-class. Class, race, and sexuality converge in this page-turning story of desire, jealousy, and survival. ![]()
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