- African American screenwriters, African Americans, Biography, Foster children
Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse.
African American screenwritersAfrican AmericansBiographyFoster childrenSocial life and customsMotion picture producers and directorsLarge type booksAfrican americans, biographyCleveland (ohio), social life and customsOhio, biographyAfrican americans, ohioAfrican americans in the motion picture industry
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Earnest, grave, resolved and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Antwone Quenton Fisher
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Morrow, Serpent's Tail
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780688176990
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Subjects
- African American screenwriters
- African Americans
- Biography
- Foster children
- Social life and customs
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Large type books
- African americans, biography
- Cleveland (ohio), social life and customs
- Ohio, biography
- African americans, ohio
- African americans in the motion picture industry
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