In the country of women : a memoir
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Published
New York : Catapult, [2019].
ISBN
9781948226226, 1948226227
Lexile measure
1030L
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | BIO 813.54 STRAIGHT S. | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 813.54 STR | On Shelf |
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Nonfiction | 813.54 STR | On Shelf |
Berwyn Public Library - Stacks | 813.54 STR | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | BIOGRAPHY STRAIGHT, S. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Catapult, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xviii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781948226226, 1948226227
Lexile measure
1030
Notes
Description
"In inland Southern California, near the desert and the Mexican border, Susan Straight, a self-proclaimed book nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African American basketball player, started dating in high school. After college, they married and drove to Amherst, Massachusetts, where Straight met her teacher and mentor, James Baldwin, who encouraged her to write. Once back in Riverside, at driveway barbecues and fish fries with the large, close-knit Sims family, Straight--and eventually her three daughters--heard for decades the stories of Dwayne's female ancestors. Some women escaped violence in post-slavery Tennessee, some escaped murder in Jim Crow Mississippi, and some fled abusive men. Straight's mother-in-law, Alberta Sims, is the descendant at the heart of this memoir. Susan's family, too, reflects the hardship and resilience of women pushing onward--from Switzerland, Canada, and the Colorado Rockies to California. A Pakistani word, biraderi, is one Straight uses to define a complex system of kinship and clan--those who become your family. An entire community helped raise her daughters. Of her three girls, now grown and working in museums and the entertainment industry, Straight writes, "The daughters of our ancestors carry in their blood at least three continents. We are not about borders. We are about love and survival." In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women." -- from Jacket.
Target Audience
1030L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Straight, S. (2019). In the country of women: a memoir . Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Straight, Susan. 2019. In the Country of Women: A Memoir. Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Straight, Susan. In the Country of Women: A Memoir Catapult, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Straight, Susan. In the Country of Women: A Memoir Catapult, 2019.
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