![]() Marcus refuses to marry Gayle before he succeeds in major league baseball (which he eventually does), so she takes up with Ramsey Hilliard, a successful landscape contractor. She also discovers the black aristocracy on Martha's Vineyard and reinvents herself with a suitable pedigree. While Gayle dreams of fancy clothes, a big house, and marriage to Marcus, a talented athlete, Pat concentrates on her school work, which earns her scholarships, first to boarding school, then to Princeton. Gayle Saunders, on the other hand, is the pampered only child of a hard-working couple who eventually take in Patricia. Patricia Reid is the hard case: An unwanted child of an alcoholic mother, she early on learns to be tough and self-sufficient. Albans section of Queens manage to take on the best qualities of each other. ![]() And, for all its attention to intraracial conflict and sexual politics, it eventually boils down to one affirmative, ``You go, girl.'' As their fortunes rise and fall in the world, the two unlikely best friends from the St. ![]() ![]() A sprawling, melodramatic debut ``by and about best friends'' that has enough plot twists and surprises for a season of soap operas. ![]()
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