THE SILK CITY SERIES pulls readers into the everyday lives of working-class residents of Paterson, New Jersey. Originally published serially in Nelson’s acclaimed zine—Silk City Series—this collection presents a diverse cross-section of characters based on the author’s own childhood neighbors. The stories capture a post-industrial city in a state usually not known for its beauty. In the heart of a city, where wealth lies in the surrounding suburbs, neighbors live on top of each other. Families struggle to stick together. Most find solace in each other. And the city, a character in itself, changes all who reside in its boundaries.
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By Julie Powell
Jan 28, 2012
Extremely well written, and pulls in the reader from the start. Everyday lives yet interesting all the same and the word community comes to mind as families combat poverty with pride and refuse to let life beat them. Julie Elizabeth Powell, author of Gone, Slings & Arrows, Of Sound Mind, Misadventures Of Fatwoman, A Murderer's Heart, Figments, Knowing Jack, The Star Realm, Invasion, Secrets Of The Ice (The Avalon Trilogy)
