Another Brooklyn
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 Hardcover edition | |
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adult fiction |
| Published | 2016 |
| Publisher | Amistad Press |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 978-0062359988 |
Another Brooklyn is a 2016 novel by Jacqueline Woodson.[1] The book was written as an adult book, unlike many of the author's previous books and titles. NPR wrote that the book was "full of dreams and danger".[2] It was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2016.[3][4]
The story starts with August, an adult anthropologist, returning to New York to bury her father. On the subway, she encounters an old friend, and begins to reminisce. She remembers being an 8 year old girl moving with her father and younger brother to Brooklyn from Tennessee after the death of her mother. The book then follows August through her teenage years. August shares friendships with three other Brooklynites, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi, as they walk through the neighborhoods and dream optimistically of the future, and revealing what it held in store for them. August and her friends also face dangers on the streets, and family strife of various types.