Love Like Gumbo

by Nancy Rawles

Book Overview

Love Like Gumbo is a rich stew of family ties, budding lesbian sexuality, and Creole culture set in 1978 South Central L.A. This is Nancy Rawles's first novel, and it bears the marks of her previous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940242753
• ISBN13: 9780940242753
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Fjord Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

You can take Creoles out of Louisiana but.......

Even though this is fiction, I understood this account is right on hit with many Creole families who have migrated from Louisiana. They tend to form enclaves and continue as they have in Louisiana. Grace, a young woman of twenty who is questioning everything including her sexuality wants no more of it, or so she thinks. Can she escape the smothering, close-knit family that insists in keeping its culture amongst the post-riots and uncertainty of 70s Los Angeles? This book had some comical moments and a little on the wild side with T-Papa appearing from the dead. There were some slow moments but all in all this is a must read for those who enjoy reading about those black folks that insist on being called Creole.

This is the best book I've read in years, I LOVED IT.

I read this book cover to cover, putting it down only to laugh or cry. A wonderful book for anyone who has ever been or every will be a parent or a child.

Outstanding portrayal of family love and tensions

You don't need to be creole to enjoy this gumbo, you only need to know how to laugh, cry, resent, and love. In other words, read this book, then close your eyes, then read yourself. After all, we are all just pots of gumbo, with new ingredients being thrown in every day.