Kenya’s Reviews > A Love Song for Ricki Wilde > Status Update

“It used to be Smalls Paradise, old Harlem’s only black-owned cabaret, where 1920’s waiters danced with trays on their heads, and 1940s waiters included a hustler called Detroit Red, who hadn’t yet become Malcolm X.”

there is so much history within these pages! i find myself constantly researching to build out the story’s scenes in my mind. it makes experiencing the book even better.