Promise : a novel
(Book)
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Published
New York, N.Y. : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Physical Desc
x, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Akron Public Library - FICTION
GWI
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GWI
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Fort Morgan Public Library - FICTION
FIC Gwin, M.
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FIC Gwin, M.
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Ignacio Community Library - FICTION
F MIN
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F MIN
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Akron Public Library - FICTION | GWI | On Shelf |
Fort Morgan Public Library - FICTION | FIC Gwin, M. | On Shelf |
Ignacio Community Library - FICTION | F MIN | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, N.Y. : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Description
"In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart--one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager--fight for their families' survival in this lyrical and powerful novel."--Publisher annotation. 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 fighting for their families' survival in the aftermath of the tornado.
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Barely surviving an F5 tornado that rips through her 1936 Mississippi hometown, an African-American laundress and great-grandmother searches for her family among the catastrophe's survivors while bonding with the traumatized teen daughter of a despised white judge.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gwin, M. (2018). Promise: a novel . William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gwin, Minrose. 2018. Promise: A Novel. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gwin, Minrose. Promise: A Novel William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gwin, Minrose. Promise: A Novel William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
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