Baby Brother's Blues

Description: Cleage's new novel reads like an African-American version of Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City." It is a book populated by numerous characters whose lives intersect and diverge, come together and draw apart. But instead of Maupin's San Francisco, the setting of Cleage's book is Atlanta.

Review Quotes: Praise for Pearl Cleage and Babylon Sisters

"Pearl Cleage's wonderful new novel, Babylon Sisters, shows a writer at the top of her game, managing to weave together the eternal dance of mothers and daughters, a timeless love story, rich friendships, and international politics into a fast-paced Atlanta saga with an unforgettable villain and a thrilling climax that leaves us cheering. Cleage has once again given us a book filled with folks who are so real we think we know them, or wish we did."
-E. Lynn Harris, author of A Love of My Own

"Babylon Sisters' funny, feminine, fabulous voice sings a story of history, family, love and redemption. Cleage's ability to make the personal political and the political personal triumphs once again! Nestled in this beautifully written ode to love-of child, friends, men, and self-is a call to political activism and empowerment."
-Jill Nelson, author of Sexual Healing

"Cleage writes with amazing grace and [a] killer instinct."
-The New York Times

"A perfect blend of love and activism . . . [Cleage's] characters struggle with issues of conscience and consequence, and readers are always richer in the end."
-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution