Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe - ISBN: 9781529197617
Paperback
Chicago, 1999: Friendship, secrets, and a summer that changes everything.

Last Summer on State Street

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    21 March 2023

Summary

Chicago, 1999. Four friends. One life-changing summer.

State Street, Chicago, 1999. One summer that changes everything.

An unlikely trio: Felicia ‘Fe Fe’ Stevens, daughter of a fiercely protective mother; Precious Brown, daughter of a prominent church Elder; and Stacia Buchanan, daughter of a Gangster Disciple Queenpin. They have a simple friendship, whiling away sunny days with games of Double Dutch. But when Fe Fe invites mysterious Tonya into their fold, life as they know i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529197617
ISBN-10:1529197619
Author:Toya Wolfe
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Merky Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:21 March 2023
Weight:232g
Dimensions:213mm x 136mm x 24mm
About The Author

Toya Wolfe

Toya Wolfe grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes on Chicago’s South Side. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago. Her writing has appeared in African Voices, Chicago Journal, Chicago Reader, Hairtrigger 27, and Warpland- a journal of Black Ideas. She is the recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston-Bessie Head Fiction Award, the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Short Story Competition, and the Betty Shifflet/John Schultz Short Story Award. Last Summer on State Street is her debut novel.

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