Cora's Kitchen
eBook - ePub

Cora's Kitchen

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cora's Kitchen

About this book

Cora James, a 35-year-old Black librarian in Harlem, dreams of being a writer. Torn between her secret passion and the duties of a working wife and mother in 1928, Cora strikes up correspondence with renowned poet Langston Hughes, who encourages her to pursue her dream. Duty frustrates Cora again, this time when she's called upon to fill in for her cousin Agnes while she recovers from a brutal beating by her husband Bud.

Working as a cook for a white woman, Cora discovers both time to write and an unlikely ally in Mrs. Eleanor Fitzgerald, who becomes friend, confidante, and patron, encouraging Cora to rise above what's commonly thought of as "a woman's lot." Yet, through a series of startling developments in her dealings with the white family, Cora's journey to becoming a writer takes her to the brink of losing everything, including her life.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. March 29, 1928
  5. New York, New York, April 2, 1928
  6. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1928
  7. New York, New York, April 17, 1928
  8. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1928
  9. New York, New York, April 29, 1928
  10. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1928
  11. New York, New York, May 3, 1928
  12. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1928
  13. New York, New York, May 13, 1928
  14. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1928
  15. New York, New York, May 23, 1928
  16. New York, New York, May 30, 1928
  17. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1928
  18. New York, New York, June 15, 1928
  19. June 23, 1928, Chesterfield County, New York
  20. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1928
  21. Chesterfield County, New York, July 21, 1928
  22. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1928
  23. New York, New York, October 20, 1928
  24. Cora’s Reading List
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. About the Author