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With a Foreword by James Baldwin 'Beautiful, timeless and relevant' Jacqueline Woodson 'A most important novel' Paule Marshall 'A considerable achievement' James Baldwin Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and of danger. Her beloved father becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francie's brothers dreams of becoming a chemist, the other is in a gang. Francie, too, is a dreamer, but women in her neighbourhood have limited prospects, either selling their bodies on the streets, running poker games or having a baby every year. There are risks in everything, from going to the movies to walking down the block.
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Daddy Was A Number Runner, Louise Meriwether
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2021
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- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Louise Meriwether
- Editorial
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publicado en
- 2021
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0349015929
- ISBN13
- 9780349015927
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Novelas históricas, Narrativa juvenil, Clásicos, Madurez, Raza, Racismo, Literatura afroamericana
- Calificación
- 4,3 de 5
- Descripción
- With a Foreword by James Baldwin 'Beautiful, timeless and relevant' Jacqueline Woodson 'A most important novel' Paule Marshall 'A considerable achievement' James Baldwin Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and of danger. Her beloved father becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francie's brothers dreams of becoming a chemist, the other is in a gang. Francie, too, is a dreamer, but women in her neighbourhood have limited prospects, either selling their bodies on the streets, running poker games or having a baby every year. There are risks in everything, from going to the movies to walking down the block.