Tempest rising: a novel
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0060750308
Category
Circulation
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers , United States
Pages
390
Subject
African American families -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Fiction.
Abstract
The irony of a black family ruined by desegregation in 1960s Philadelphia. Now that his customers can go to whites, the father's catering business collapses and he dies. The mother has a breakdown and their three daughters are placed in a foster home, where they suffer abuse. Fortunately, the mother recovers from her illness and gets them back.
Description
390 pages ; 18 cm
Number of Copies
1