"Pleasantville was the invention of two Jewish developers in 1949," she says. It's a story of America making a painful transition from segregation toward integration - a story that Locke, a Houston native, didn't learn until she was an adult. But what it began as is a story that I fell in love with." She tells NPR's Steve Inskeep, "What it's like now is a pretty vibrant middle-class neighborhood, I will say, a little worse for the wear and there are abandoned homes. She named Pleasantville, her third novel, after a very real neighborhood in Houston. That's the beginning of Pleasantville, a novel by African-American author Attica Locke, who is also known for her work on the TV series Empire. When the woman disappears, the crime is linked to the family of a local man running for mayor. She's alone, it's way too late and she soon realizes she is being watched. It's a warm evening in 1996 and a young woman is waiting for a ride on a street corner. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Pleasantville Author Attica Locke
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