If Beale Street Could Talk She knew Sal when she

She knew Sal when she was a child

the printed book

tracing more than fifty years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood

centrifugal force in the life of her young husband

If Beale Street Could Talk She knew Sal when sheIn this honest and stunning novel, now a major motion picture directed by Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen year old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their