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author: Gwin, Minrose

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Language: English
Genre: Novel
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publishing year: 2010
Length: 12:30 Hours

Book summary:

1963. Millwood's white population steers clear of "Shake Rag," the black section of town, but young Florence Forrest, daughter of a burial insurance salesman with dark secrets and the town's "cake lady," whose backcountry bootleg runs lead further and further away from a brutal marriage, crosses the line by attaching herself to her grandparents' longtime maid, Zenie Johnson. The more time Florence spends in Shake Rag, the more she recognizes how completely race divides her town, and her story, far from ordinary, bears witness to the truth and brutality of her times - a truth brought to a shattering conclusion when Zenie's vibrant college-student niece, Eva Greene, arrives that fateful Mississippi summer.


 
 
 
 
 

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