- Afro-Americans, Fiction, African Americans, Fiction, historical
The impact of a child's drowning on a black family in 1925 Washington, especially on the 12-year-old sister who was baby-sitting the girl. Told against the background of the lot of African Americans at the time.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Breena Clarke
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co, Hachette Audio, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781570429583
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