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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
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- Rok vydania
- 2021
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- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Louise Meriwether
- Vydavateľ
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Rok vydania
- 2021
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0349015929
- ISBN13
- 9780349015927
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletria, Historické romány, Young Adult, Klasika, Dospievanie, Rasa, rasizmus, Afroamerická literatura
- Hodnotenie
- 4,3 z 5
- Anotácia
- 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.