The Women of Brewster Place is Gloria Naylor's first novel published in 1982, dealing with issues of race, femininity, love and homosexuality. The book is comprised of seven stories centering around seven different African American women. Though each story focuses on a different woman, there is substantial overlap and characters appear in each others' stories. The stories depict the struggles and successes of women of color, their friendships and love lives.
Tennessee Williams and Gloria Naylor are both successful American novelists Their respected works such as A Streetcar Named Desire and The Women of Brewster Place are classic stories in part because of the authors abilities to instill their personal experiences and views to their fictional characters Besides having in common being great writers Williams and Naylor share the proficiency of using symbolism to increase the way the audience feels about their stories and the message they are trying