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Author McKinney-Whetstone, Diane.

Title Tempest rising : a novel / Diane McKinney-Whetstone.

Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, [1998]
©1998

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FICTION MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Adult Fiction  MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description 280 pages ; 25 cm
Summary 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. By the author of Tumbling.
Subject African American families -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Foster care -- Fiction.
The Sixties (20th century) -- Fiction.
Life changing events -- Fiction.
African-American sisters -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
Middle class African-Americans -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
African-American foster children -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
African-American families -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
African-American mother and daughter -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
African American families. (OCoLC)fst00799152
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst00896624
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01204170
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- South Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01322970
Indexed Term African American families Fiction
African Americans Fiction
Domestic fiction
Philadelphia (Pa.) Fiction
South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) Fiction
Genre/Form Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Domestic fiction.
ISBN 0688149944 (alk. paper)
9780688149949 (alk. paper)
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