![]() ![]() He was never a part of Archy's life, and Archy wants nothing to do with him. She blows up, and the doctor has the hospital start procedures to drop Gwen and Aviva's hospital privileges.Īnother storyline concerns Luther Stallings, Archy's father, an actor in blaxploitation films in the 70s. ![]() A home birth goes wrong, the mother is rushed to the hospital, and the attending physician, after taking care of the mother, insults Gwen in a racially tinged manner. They feel betrayed because their local city councilman, Chandler Flowers, has switched sides, and now supports Dogpile.Ī subplot concerns their wives, Gwen Shanks and Aviva Roth-Jaffe, who are partners in Berkeley Birth Partners, a midwifery business. Their used vinyl business is threatened by ex-NFL superstar Gibson Goode's planned construction of his second Dogpile Thang megastore two blocks away. Set in 2004, Archy Stallings, who is black, and Nat Jaffe, who is Jewish, are proprietors of Brokeland Records, a record shop located in north Oakland for twelve years. The title refers to Telegraph Avenue, which runs through both cities. The novel's setting is North Oakland and Berkeley, California. An extensive excerpt from the enhanced e-book edition was released online on July 25, 2012. Telegraph Avenue is a novel by Michael Chabon, published on September 11, 2012. ![]()
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