Three girls from Bronzeville a uniquely American memoir of race, fate, and sisterhood
"The three girls formed an indelible bond: roaming their community in search of hidden treasures for their "Thing Finder box," and hiding under the dining room table, eavesdropping as three generations of relatives gossiped and played the numbers. The girls spent countless afternoons together, ice s...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster,
2021.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Our ledge
- Bricks and blood
- A caped crusader
- The principal's office
- Pomegranate seeds and little red pills
- "Death riding on a soda cracker"
- Miss Polaroid
- Roots and Good Times
- The violation. The maiming
- A cleaving
- A rabbit-assed mind
- The academy rewards (take one)
- The academy rewards (take two)
- "Pray for your sister"
- Humble pie
- Three miracle candles
- A baby-blue aspirator
- Choices
- The steps
- Leaving lawless
- Pasties
- "Prophet told us a storm was coming"
- A sad, sad suit
- "Dawn, can you take my call?"
- Diamonds and other birthstones
- Perspectives
- A plan for transformation
- The rock
- Dispatches to our fathers
- "Down the line"
- Pomp and circumstances
- Girls school road
- Fast-forward not available
- Two good families
- The end date
- "Crack the gate!"
- "Lordy, lordy, lordy"
- Three girls from Bronzeville.
