Author

Publication

1985 - Penguin Books, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

29,250 words, Guess

Page Count

117 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivesarahphillips00leea
  • ISBN-10014008469X
  • ISBN-139780140084696
  • LibraryThing703569
  • Library of Congress Control Number85009578
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3562.E324 S2 1985

Description

"This novel, in the words of its title character, is set in 'the hermetic world of the old-fashioned black bourgeoisie -- a group largely unknown to other Americans, which has carried on with cautious pomp for years in eastern cities and suburbs, using its considerable funds to attempt poignant imitations of high society, acting with genuine gallantry in the struggle for civil rights, and finally producing a generation of children educated in newly integrated schools and impatient to escape the outworn rituals of their parents.'"--Page 4 of cover.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Series Statement

  • Contemporary American fiction

Other Editions

  • Sarah PhillipsPenguin Books1985

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