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Returning to her Ohio hometown to work as "artist in residence" at a local school, puppeteer Virginia King is forced to confront her memories of her own childhood, racial bigotry, family, and growing up. A first novel. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.
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l by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means dealing with memories of racism, rejected love--and truths about her family. Author readings.
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