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Product Identifiers
PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100767914678
ISBN-139780767914673
eBay Product ID (ePID)43755539
Product Key Features
Book TitleMiss Black America : a Novel
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Literary
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorVeronica Chambers
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Chambers gives us a good glimpse of the inner life of a talented girl making her way in the world." - Kirkus Reviews "[An] exquisite first novel." - Booklist "You'll be moved." - Marie Claire, "Chambers gives us a good glimpse of the inner life of a talented girl making her way in the world." -Kirkus Reviews "[An] exquisite first novel." -Booklist "You'll be moved." -Marie Claire, "Chambers gives us a good glimpse of the inner life of a talented girl making her way in the world." --"Kirkus Reviews "[An] exquisite first novel." --"Booklist "You'll be moved." --"Marie Claire
SynopsisAs Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand why her mother abandoned the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, "My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini." This story captures the intricacies, contradictions, and complexities of family., A dazzling fiction debut from the author of Mama's Girl , Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie's disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother's motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, "My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini." A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned., A dazzling fiction debut from the author of "Mama's Girl," "Miss Black America" is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie's disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother's motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, "My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini." A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.
