At the age of five,a blind African-American boy is handed over to a brutal state home. Here Ludlow Washington will suffer for eleven years,until his prodigious musical talent provides him an unlikely ticket back into the world.The property of a band,playing for down-and-outs in a southern dive,Ludlow's pioneering flair will take him to New York and the very top of the jazz scene - where his personal demons will threaten to drag him back down to the bottom.A Drop of Patience is the story of a gifted and damaged man entirely set apart - by blindness,by race,by talent - who must wrestle with adversity and ambition to generate the acceptance and self-worth that have always eluded him.
Publisher: Quercus PublishingISBN: 9781787478077Number of pages: 336Weight: 234 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
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Kelley is as good on disability as he is on race,and life for a blind person is skillfully depicted in his novel...There is plenty to recommend in its moving,honest account of a young black man trying to find his way in a hostile world...A thoughtful,inventive writer who was well before his time.
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