a novel Ward, Jesmyn. creator text nyu New York Bloomsbury USA 2011 1st U.S. ed. monographic eng

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261 p. ; 22 cm. This novel covers the 12 days leading up to Hurricane Katrina via the rich, mournful voice of a pregnant 14 year old living in dire poverty. Jesmyn Ward. National Book Award, 2011. n-us-ms African American children Fiction African American teenage girls Fiction Brothers and sisters Fiction Motherless families Fiction African American families Mississippi Fiction Rural poor Mississippi Fiction Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Fiction Gulf Coast (Miss.) Fiction PS3623.A7323 S36 2011 813/.6 9781608195220 1608195228 2010053025 http://www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010053025-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy1107/2010053025-d.html http://www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010053025-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy1107/2010053025-d.html DLC 120114 20190501232228.0 694566457