Absalom's daughters : a novel /
Self-educated and brown-skinned, Cassie works full time in her grandmother's laundry in rural Mississippi. Illiterate and white, Judith falls for colored music and dreams of life as a big city radio star. These teenaged girls are half-sisters. And when they catch wind of their wayward father...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2016.
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Edition: | First Edition. |
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Summary: | Self-educated and brown-skinned, Cassie works full time in her grandmother's laundry in rural Mississippi. Illiterate and white, Judith falls for colored music and dreams of life as a big city radio star. These teenaged girls are half-sisters. And when they catch wind of their wayward father's inheritance coming down in Virginia, they hitch their hopes to a road trip together to claim what's rightly theirs. |
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Physical Description: | 253 pages ; 22 cm |
ISBN: | 9781627794534 1627794530 |