Third World Press

Gloria Naylor, one of the most celebrated and successful black female writers in recent history, releases this fictionalized memoir of how an invasion of privacy can be taken to the extreme. After having published critically-acclaimed novels like The Women of Brewester Place and Mama Day, Naylor returns with 1996. In this startling account, we find Naylor buying a house on St. Helena Island, off the coast of South Carolina. However, her tranquility is ruined by a woman, who feels threatened by the presence of Naylor. When this woman\'s fears spur a massive covert surveillance operation against Naylor in 1996, the year becomes one of discomfort and confusion.