Long Distance Life (New Fiction S.) - Softcover

Golden, Marita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553403621 ISBN 13: 9780553403626

Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group), 1991

Synopsis

The story of four decades of a black family, by the author of "Migrations of the Heart" and "A Woman's Place". In the 1920s Naomi Johnson becomes part of the black migration northwards to new-found freedom and success, and later her daughter returns to the South to join the Civil Rights movement.

About this title

About the Author

Marita Golden is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. Her books include After, Migrations of the Heart, Saving Our Sons, and Don't Play in the Sun. She is the founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, an organization that supports African American writers. She lives in Mitchellville, Maryland.

From the Inside Flap

l of impressive artistry and power." The Washington Post
Caught in the web of history, generations of an African-American family play out their parts on a world stage that constantly changes, protected always by the love of one another, which never will.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553403621
• ISBN 13: 9780553403626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336