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With Love From Harlem

With Love From Harlem

Thank you WilliamMorrow for this gifted copy.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ

๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ: ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

With Love From Harlem could not have come out at a better time with everything going on in our current climate. It is truly a heartfelt, emotional and brilliant story about resilience and determination during the post war Jim Crow era.

๐ŸŽต๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜:

  • Real-life MCs: Hazel Scott (jazz prodigy, activist) & Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (U.S. Representative)

  • Harlem

  • Activism

  • Love

  • Resilience

  • Power of community

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ. At just twenty-three, Hazel Scott is a woman on fire. A jazz prodigy, a glamorous film star, and a fierce advocate for civil rights, sheโ€™s breaking barriers and refusing to play by the rules. Then Adam Clayton Powell Jr. walks into her life. Harlemโ€™s most electrifying preacher-turned-politician, Adam is as bold and unyielding as Hazelโ€”charismatic, powerfulโ€ฆand married.

This kicks off a decades-long relationship that propels them into the center of a political and cultural revolution. As Hazelโ€™s star rises, Adam takes the national stage in Congress and the couple becomes the toast of the country. But when their affair turns into a marriage, behind the glamorous faรงade is a battlefield of ego, ambition, and sacrifice. Forced to choose between her music and her family, Hazel must decide what sheโ€™s willing to loseโ€”and what she refuses to give up.

Set against the pulsing backdrop of twentieth-century Harlem and featuring icons like Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, and James Baldwin, With Love from Harlem is a sweeping, emotionally charged romantic drama, rich with historical detail. ReShonda Tate delivers a powerful portrait of love, art, and the price of being unforgettable.

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