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(Spanning the years just before and after the Civil War, this saga of an African-American family centers on Always, a resourceful woman born into slavery, and her mother Chlora, as they endure and prevail)
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"With power and grace, Cooper weaves the dialect, styles and myths of the South into a portrait of the hell that was slavery.... Masterful."
--"Publishers Weekly"
About the Author
J. California Cooper is the author of several novels, including Some People, Some Places, and six collections of stories. She was honored as Black Playwright of the Year, and her work received the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She died in 2014.
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- PublisherThe X Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1874509883
- ISBN 13 9781874509882
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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