The gilded years a novel

Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the country's most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now, a bright, beautiful senior in the class of 1897, she is hiding a secret that would have banned her from admission: Anita is the only African-American student ever to attend Vassar...

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Main Author: Tanabe, Karin
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Washington Square Press, 2016.
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