Black girl/white girl : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Angier Public Library | PBK F Oat (Text) | 33632002434406 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Harnett County Main Library | F Oat (Text) | 33630003511818 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 0061125644
- ISBN: 9780061125645
- Physical Description: 272 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ecco, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
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Summary, etc.: | Fifteen years ago, in 1975, Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent, terrible death. Minette Swift had been a fiercely individualistic scholarship student, an assertive even prickly personality, and one of the few black girls at an exclusive women's liberal arts college near Philadelphia. By contrast, Genna was a quiet, self-effacing teenager from a privileged upper-class home, self-consciously struggling to make amends for her own elite upbringing. When, partway through their freshman year, Minette suddenly fell victim to an increasing torrent of racist harassment and vicious slurs from within the apparent safety of their tolerant, "enlightened" campus Genna felt it her duty to protect her roommate at all costs. Now, as Genna reconstructs the months, weeks, and hours leading up to Minette's tragic death, she is also forced to confront her own identity within the social framework of that time. Her father was a prominent civil defense lawyer whose radical politics including defending anti-war terrorists wanted by the FBI would deeply affect his daughter's outlook on life, and later challenge her deepest beliefs about social obligation in a morally gray world. |
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