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Memphis : a novel / Tara M. Stringfellow.

Summary:

"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother -- only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory, and given who lives inside this house now, she knows it won't be the last. When her aunt opens the door, Joan sees the cousin who once brutally assaulted her. Over the next few years, she is determined not just to survive, but to find something to dream for. Longing to become an artist, she pours her rage and grief into sketching portraits of the women in her life -- including old Miss Dawn from down the street, who seems to know something about curses"-- Provided by publisher

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593230480
  • ISBN: 0593230485
  • Physical Description: 252 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : The Dial Press, [2022]
Subject: African American families > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Violence > Fiction.
Painting > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 32 of 32 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at De Soto.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 32 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
De Soto Public Library F STRINGFELLO Tara M. (Text) 33858000015827 Adult Fiction Available -

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250 . ‡aFirst edition.
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264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bThe Dial Press, ‡c[2022]
300 . ‡a252 pages : ‡bgenealogical table ; ‡c25 cm
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520 . ‡a"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother -- only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory, and given who lives inside this house now, she knows it won't be the last. When her aunt opens the door, Joan sees the cousin who once brutally assaulted her. Over the next few years, she is determined not just to survive, but to find something to dream for. Longing to become an artist, she pours her rage and grief into sketching portraits of the women in her life -- including old Miss Dawn from down the street, who seems to know something about curses"-- ‡cProvided by publisher
650 0. ‡aAfrican American families ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aFamilies ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aMothers and daughters ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aRacism ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aViolence ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aPainting ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aDomestic fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aSocial problem fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft
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