Bed Stuy, Jerry McGill
Bed Stuy, Jerry McGill
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Bed Stuy
A Love Story

Author: Jerry McGill

Narrator: Preston Butler III

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2021

Synopsis

From the author of Dear Marcus comes a breathtaking novel about a fated love affair that crosses the divides of race and class.Rashid is a young Black man from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, with a complicated life. Looking for an escape from a neighborhood few ever leave, he finds it in Rachel—married, twenty years his senior, and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. It begins with a flirtation and a tryst. It becomes an intense romance, exhilarating and enriching, that defies the expectations of Rashid’s friends and family. What draws Rachel to Rashid is his curiosity, his need for intimacy, and his adoration—everything lacking in her crumbling marriage. But as the fault lines of their relationship become more prevalent, so do the inevitable choices one makes when falling in love.

About Jerry McGill

Jerry McGill is a writer and artist. He is the author of a memoir, Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me. After receiving a BA in English literature from Fordham University in the Bronx and a master’s degree in education from Pacific University in Oregon, Jerry went on to teach high school and travel the world mentoring disabled children. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ida on November 03, 2021

What a messed up story. Over all I like the story but I could have done without the profanity and the use of the N word. Call me a prude but the story could have been a lot better without all of that. Plus it seemed one sided. Only the black characters were using profanity. Like it was to show they......more

Goodreads review by Erica on April 10, 2022

Bed Stuy calls itself a love story, but it doesn't read that way. Rashid is obsessed with Rachel, despite - or because of - their incompatible circumstances. They can't be together the way he wants, but he can't get enough of her. Of course it doesn't work out. It's hard to say whether the breakup h......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on February 25, 2022

I am not one for romance as a general rule but this was different, not your average romance. This is not all lovey dovey, there aren’t sickly declarations of love, neither is this funny. This is gritty. This is real life romance in my humble opinion. Whilst this is certainly a love story it is also a......more

Goodreads review by Goth Gone on November 03, 2021

Breathtakingly beautiful Starting this book, it's a jumbled, nervous first date info dump. This time when I was a kid, no, yesterday, years ago, today. It's a lot to take in, but effectively sets up the world of the book for the steadier flow of the rest of the tale. A love story? Yes, but richer and......more

Quotes

“McGill’s prose can acquire a quick, musical rhythm before settling into more expansive sections that deftly take on questions of race and class. In many ways, the novel is a wonder to behold.” —Kirkus Reviews“Smart and touching…McGill succeeds in depicting love as a universal force, for better or for worse.” —Publishers Weekly“Love defies all odds in Jerry McGill’s lyrical and heartbreaking novel Bed Stuy.” —POPSUGAR

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