{"product_id":"stories-from-the-tenants-downstairs","title":"Stories from the Tenants Downstairs","description":"Set in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it.\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike Gloria Naylor's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Women of Brewster Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Lin Manuel Miranda's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Heights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Sidik Fofana's electrifying collection of eight interconnected stories showcases the strengths, struggles, and hopes of one residential community in a powerful storytelling experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach short story follows a tenant in the Banneker Homes, a low-income high rise in Harlem where gentrification weighs on everyone's mind. There is Swan in apartment 6B, whose excitement about his friend's release from prison jeopardizes the life he's been trying to lead. Mimi, in apartment 14D, who hustles to raise the child she had with Swan, waitressing at Roscoe's and doing hair on the side. And Quanneisha B. Miles, a former gymnast with a good education who wishes she could leave Banneker for good, but can't seem to escape the building's gravitational pull. We root for these characters and more as they weave in and out of each other's lives, endeavoring to escape from their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStories from the Tenants Downstairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e brilliantly captures the joy and pain of the human experience and heralds the arrival of a uniquely talented writer.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Asè Book Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793767604420,"sku":"","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/7834\/7972\/products\/Screenshot_20220904_224341.jpg?v=1662349616","url":"https:\/\/www.thehomeplaceinstitute.com\/products\/stories-from-the-tenants-downstairs","provider":"Asè Book Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}