Memory work. A Self and Family Portrait
(2020)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Emily G. Brodeur, 2020
Made available through hoopla
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781087861555 (electronic bk.) MWT14413223, 1087861551 (electronic bk.) 14413223
LANGUAGE
English
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Memoir/family history spanning the years 1875-2020, set in Alabama; Tacoma, Washington; Mclean, Virginia; and Charleston, West Virginia. Includes detailed first-person accounts from a two-year-old; fast-paced humorous dialogue; vivid description of meals, interiors, and interactions. A white family in Ku Klux Klan-ridden south Alabama informally adopts three black boys during the Depression; a yankeefied renegade returns to perform a feat of southern hospitality; international visitors and family members broaden and enrich a provincial viewpoint; race relations; family games and toys; adoption; during the Covid-19 shutdown

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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