Summary: James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk (Discussion Prompts)

by Sarah Fields

James Baldwin's sensational novel If Beale Street Could Talk is told through the eyes of nineteen-year-old Tish. She is in love with a young sculptor named Fonny. He is the father of the child she is bearing in her womb. James Baldwin's story mixes the sweetness and the sadness of life. As Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, Fonny was falsely accused of a terrible crime and he got imprisoned. Both of their families set out to clear Fonny's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0368350479
• ISBN13: 9780368350474
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"