With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott

ISBN: 0063421186

Author: Tate, ReShonda

Condition: New

From The Queen of Sugar Hill author ReShonda Tate-a new novel inspired by beloved Harlem jazz performer Hazel Scott and the equal parts exhilarating and tumultuous relationship that changed the course of her life.Harlem, 1943. At just twenty-three, Hazel Scott is a woman on fire. A jazz prodigy, a glamorous film star, and a fierce advocate for civil rights, she?s breaking barriers and refusing to play by the rules. Then Adam Clayton Powell Jr. walks into her life. Harlem?s most electrifying preacher-turned-politician, Adam is as bold and unyielding as Hazel-charismatic, powerful?and married.This kicks off a decades-long relationship that propels them into the center of a political and cultural revolution. As Hazel?s star rises, Adam takes the national stage in Congress and the couple becomes the toast of the country. But when their affair turns into a marriage, behind the glamorous faade is a battlefield of ego, ambition, and sacrifice. Forced to choose between her music and her family, Hazel must decide what she?s willing to lose-and what she refuses to give up.Set against the pulsing backdrop of twentieth-century Harlem and featuring icons like Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, and James Baldwin, With Love from Harlem is a sweeping, emotionally charged romantic drama, rich with historical detail. ReShonda Tate delivers a powerful portrait of love, art, and the price of being unforgettable.