![]() Her first published story appeared in 1943 in the Crisis, a magazine published monthly by the NAACP. By 1941, she was covering general news stories and editing the women's pages of the People's Voice in Harlem. ![]() They lived in New York City, and Ann went to work for the Harlem Amsterdam News. When she married George David Petry in 1938, the course of her life changed. She worked as a registered pharmacist in Old Saybrook and in Lyme, and during these years wrote several short stories. Ann began by studying pharmacology, and in 1934, received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut College of Pharmacy. Set in the 1950s, this unforgettable classic deftly evokes a tragic love affair and offers a window onto the powerful ways in which class, race, and love intersected in midcentury America.Īnn Petry (1908-1997), a black novelist, short story writer, and writer of books for young people, is one of America's most distinguished authors. ![]() ![]() Synopsis: When Link Williams, a college-educated twenty-six-year-old African-American man, falls for Camilo Sheffield, a wealthy married white woman, things will never be the same in the sleepy New England town of Monmouth, Connecticut. ![]()
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