| Edition |
Center Point Large Print edition. |
| Description |
367 pages (large print) : maps ; 23 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print. rdafs |
| Note |
Regular print version previously published by: Kensington Publishing Corp. |
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Includes discussion questions and Questions & Answers from the author. |
| Summary |
1961, Charlotte, North Carolina. The predominantly black neighborhood of Brooklyn is a bustling city within a city, with its own restaurants, schools, theaters, churches, and night clubs. Loraylee Hawkins shares a house with her young son, Hawk; her Uncle Ray, and her grandmother, Bibi. Loraylee's love for Archibald Griffin, Hawk's white father and manager of the cafeteria where she works, must be kept secret. Rumors circulate that the city plans to bulldoze the neighborhood, and the government promises to provide new housing and relocate businesses. But locals like Pastor Ebenezer Polk, who's facing the demolition of his church, know the value of Brooklyn does not lie in bricks and mortar. As longtime residents are forced out, Loraylee searches for a way to keep her family together. -- adapted from back cover |
| Subject |
Gentrification -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- Fiction.
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Charlotte (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Charlotte (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Large type books.
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African American single mothers -- Fiction.
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African American families -- Fiction.
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Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
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Gentrification. (OCoLC)fst00940296
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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North Carolina -- Charlotte.
(OCoLC)fst01204596
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781643581835 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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164358183X (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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