On Fifth

von Angie Wallace

190 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

On FifthSet in the early 1990s at a historically Black university in North Carolina, On Fifth is a warm, nostalgic coming-of-age novel about friendship, independence, and the places that shape us.When five college juniors, -Marissa, Aisha, Jasmine, Layla, and Tiana-are unexpectedly reassigned to live off campus, they find themselves sharing a weathered house at 611 Fifth Avenue. What starts as a housing inconvenience quickly becomes the center of their world.Over two academic years, the house on Fifth holds everything: late-night conversations, fried fish and folding chairs, step shows and homecomings, heartbreaks and healing, grief and growing ambition. On campus, legendary professors leave lasting impressions. In the neighborhood, corner stores and watchful neighbors remind them they are part of something larger than themselves.As adulthood begins to press in, the women learn that independence doesn't always mean going it alone-and that chosen family can be just as powerful as the one you're born into.Spanning college life in the 1990s and revisiting it years later, On Fifth is a love letter to HBCU culture, sisterhood, and the homes we carry with us long after we leave.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798241281715
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published