Gloria Naylor





Gloria Naylor

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January 25, 1950

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Gloria Naylor (b. January 25, 1950 in New York City) is an African American novelist. Her novel The Women of Brewster Place was adapted into a 1989 film of the same name by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.

She was the first child to Roosevelt Naylor and Alberta McAlpin and in 1963 moved to Queens with her family. She joined the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1968. She believes she has been subject to mind control.


Average rating: 4.04 · 14,381 ratings · 732 reviews · 17 distinct works · Similar authors
The Women of Brewster Place
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 7,060 ratings — published 1982 — 20 editions
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 4,302 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,438 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
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2.76 of 5 stars 2.76 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
Children of the Night: The ...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
Gloria Naylor: Critical Per...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
Conversations with Gloria N...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
Gloria Naylor Reads The Wom...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988
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“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
Gloria Naylor

“Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.”
Gloria Naylor

“But I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.”
Gloria Naylor

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