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Memphis : a novel / Tara M. Stringfellow.
"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: xii, 252 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : The Dial Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Read with Jenna"--Cover. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | African American families > Fiction. Racism against Black people > Fiction. Racism > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Drawing > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Social problem fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 37 of 40 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 40 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Abington Community Library | FICTION STRINGF (Text) | 50687011774208 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION STRINGF (Text)
Bookplate:
In Memory of William R. and Natalie Henkelman
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50686016156924 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | F STR (Text) | 33240004946151 | Display | Available | - |
| Bangor Public Library | F STR (Text) | 75011000374907 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Boyertown Community Library | FC STR BCPL FLOATING COLLECTION (Text) | 33249025307947 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Carbondale Public Library | FICTION STRINGF (Text) | 50688010811983 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Collinsville Community Library | Adults STR Fiction (Text) | 34259000550469 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Ellwood City Area Public Library | FIC Stringfellow (Text) | 32102000892014 | ECAM Fiction | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | FIC STRINGFELLOW, TARA M. (Text) | 36446002061151 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | STR (Text) | 33249025329248 | Fiction | Available | - |
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