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Gulf Stream
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Set in Mobile, Alabama, Gulf Stream, the 1930 novel by Marie Stanley (Marie Layet Sheip), is an important part of Alabama’s literary heritage. A stunning first person performance by a gifted woman novelist, it is the work of Alabama social history, of Alabama women’s writing, of the development of realistic Alabama fiction, and most telling, a work about the complexities of race.
It is at once the story of a “white” mixed-race woman in a “black” world and the story of a “black” mixed-race woman seeking forbidden love in a “white” world.
Set in Mobile, Alabama, Gulf Stream, the 1930 novel by Marie Stanley (Marie Layet Sheip), is an important part of Alabama’s literary heritage. A stunning first person performance by a gifted woman novelist, it is the work of Alabama social history, of Alabama women’s writing, of the development of realistic Alabama fiction, and most telling, a work about the complexities of race.
It is at once the story of a “white” mixed-race woman in a “black” world and the story of a “black” mixed-race woman seeking forbidden love in a “white” world.
352 pages, Paperback
First published September 30, 1993
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February 9, 2026
A very interesting read! In reading, I was entertained with some of the more prevalent characters and their lifestyles, how they choose to live, see themselves, and operate in the world. I also liked the setting of a mixed Black-White-Creole population in Alabama. Very Impressive.
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