Tumbling, Paperback/Diane McKinney-Whetstone

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"Even the air is palpable in Tumbling ...The story moves forth on the power of Ms. McKinney-Whetstone's characters. Ms. McKinney-Whetstone captures the formidable struggle to protect both a community and a family." -- New York Times Book Review "Warm and intimate.... Tumbling is an accomplished novel, with sharply drawn characters, exuberant prose, plenty of period detail and a wise, forgiving outlook on family life." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review The beloved bestselling debut novel that launched the luminous career of Diane McKinney Whetstone, critically acclaimed author of Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street , and Trading Dreams at Midnight . Writing in a style as accessible as Terry McMillan ( Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back ), yet with the literary touches of Toni Morrison ( Beloved, Song of Solomon ), McKinney Whetstone's Tumbling is the "warm and wonderful" (Nikki Giovanni), beautiful and uplifting story of Noon and Herbie and their tight-knit Philadelphia neighborhood in the 1940s and 50s.