She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. Publisher's Synopsis: Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Published by HarperCollins on September 18, 2018Īlso by this author: American Street, American Street 23) Here, Zaboi centers Zuri’s world in her home. If Madrina’s basement is where the tamoras, los espiritus, and old ancestral memories live, then the roof is where Janae and I share our secrets and plan to travel all over the world, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic being the first stop.” (p. It’s also our secret place, because Papi forbids us to go up there for obvious reasons : we might fall to our deaths. This is our happy place, way above it all. In their apartment building, “(a) narrow door at the end of the hallway opens up to a ladder that leads to the roof. The center of Zuri’s home is the living room/bedroom that she shares with her four sisters.

In retelling this story, she maintains the tale of romance, but she empowers a working-class girl with a very limited worldview and whose strong sense of pride in her home provides her with a sense of #blackgirlmagic it raises her above. Pride is all about the worldview of this young black woman, Zuri. Zoboi dares to rock Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice on its head while claiming space for people of color among the most classic of classics.

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