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Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the turbulent summer of 1963, Millwood's white population steers clear of "Shake Rag," the black section of town, but young Florence Forrest attaches herself to her grandparents' longtime maid, who tells her stories of Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra.
2) Promise
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A devastating tornado rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression. Dovey, a black laundress, searches for her family. At the McNabb house she find the daughter of the house, Jo, who suffered a head wound. When a baby is found in the wreckage is it Jo's baby brother, Tommy, or Dovey's light-skinned great-grandson, Promise? The two women-- one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager-- are...
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