Memoir/family history spanning the years 1875-2020, set in Alabama; Tacoma, Washington; Mclean, Virginia; and Charleston, West Virginia. Includes detailed first-person accounts from a two-year-old; fast-paced humorous dialogue; vivid description of meals, interiors, and interactions. A white family in Ku Klux Klan-ridden south Alabama informally adopts three black boys during the Depression; a yankeefied renegade returns to perform a feat of southern hospitality; international visitors and family members broaden and enrich a provincial viewpoint; race relations; family games and toys; adoption; during the Covid-19 shutdown.
Memoir/family history spanning the years 1875-2020, set in Alabama; Tacoma, Washington; Mclean, Virginia; and Charleston, West Virginia. Includes detailed first-person accounts from a two-year-old; fast-paced humorous dialogue; vivid description of meals, interiors, and interactions. A white family in Ku Klux Klan-ridden south Alabama informally adopts three black boys during the Depression; a yankeefied renegade returns to perform a feat of southern hospitality; international visitors and family members broaden and enrich a provincial viewpoint; race relations; family games and toys; adoption; during the Covid-19 shutdown.
Memory Work: A Self and Family Portrait
170Memory Work: A Self and Family Portrait
170Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781087861555 |
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Publisher: | Emily G. Brodeur |
Publication date: | 05/04/2020 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 170 |
File size: | 478 KB |