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Memphis

• Tara M. Stringfellow • ISBN 9780593230503

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Memphis

• Tara M. Stringfellow • ISBN-13 9780593230503

ISBN-10 0593230485

Canonical book record

ISBN 9780593230503 • Completeness 51

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Description

Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory.

Book metadata

Publisher: Tara M. Stringfellow
1995
Pages: 272

Catalog notes

Contributor: loss and anger—that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush

Cultural context

Category: African American FictionCategory: Art In LiteratureCategory: Contemporary American LiteratureCategory: Domestic Violence In LiteratureCategory: FamilyCategory: Family SagasCategory: Memphis HistoryCategory: (penguin)Category: (random House/Prh)

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