Red at the bone [Book Club Kit #279]
(Book Club Kit)
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Physical Desc
Book Club Kit #279 includes 12 copies.
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status | Due Date |
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WENATCHEE PUBLIC LIBRARY | Book Club Kit #279 | 12 copies | Checked Out | June 2, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Fiction.
African American women -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Bildungsromans.
Bildungsromans.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Novels.
African American women -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Bildungsromans.
Bildungsromans.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Novels.
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Format
Book Club Kit
Language
English
Notes
Description
Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. Moving forward and backward in time, with the power of poetry and the emotional richness of a narrative ten times its length, Jacqueline Woodson's extraordinary new nove uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families and in the life of this child. As the book open in 2001, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming-of-age ceremony in her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the soundtrack of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress. But the event is not without poignancy. Sixteen years earlier, that very dress was measured and sewn for a different wearer: Melody's mother, for her own ceremony - a celebration that ultimately never took place. Unfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents to show how they all arrived at this moment, Woodson considers not just their ambitions and successes but also the costs, the tolls they'e paid for striving to overcome expectations and escape the pull of history. As it explores sexual desire and identity, ambition, gentrification, education, class and status, and the life-altering facts of parenthood, Red at the Bone most strikingly looks at the ways in which young people must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives - even before they have begun to figure out who they are and what they want to be. --
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Woodson, J. (2019). Red at the bone [Book Club Kit #279] . Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Woodson, Jacqueline. 2019. Red At the Bone [Book Club Kit #279]. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Woodson, Jacqueline. Red At the Bone [Book Club Kit #279] Riverhead Books, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Woodson, Jacqueline. Red At the Bone [Book Club Kit #279] Riverhead Books, 2019.
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