![]() ![]() Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions-affection, despair, and hope. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. ![]() "One of the best books Baldwin has ever written-perhaps the best of all." - The Philadelphia Inquirer From one of the most important writers of the twentieth century comes a stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime-"a moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless" ( The New York Times Book Review). ![]()
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