Daddy Was a Number Runner
โ Scribed by Louise Meriwether
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY;The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 130643436X
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โฆ Synopsis
This beloved modern classic documents the lives and hardships of an African American family living in Depression-era Harlem. While 12-year-old Francie Coffin's world and family threaten to fall apart, this remarkable young heroine must call upon her own wit and endurance to survive amidst the treacheries of racism and sexism, poverty and violence.
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