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Author : Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Release : 2018-03
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 912/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis No Crystal Stair by : Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Download or read book No Crystal Stair written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. This book was released on 2018-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work of historical fiction, Nelson tells the story of a man with a passion for knowledge and of a bookstore whose influence has become legendary.
Author : Mairuth Sarsfield
Release : 2021-11
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Book Rating : 919/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis No Crystal Stair by : Mairuth Sarsfield
Download or read book No Crystal Stair written by Mairuth Sarsfield. This book was released on 2021-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997, No Crystal Stair is an absorbing story of Montreal in the 1940s. Raising her three daughters alone, Marion discovers she can only find gainful employment if she passes as white. Set in Little Burgundy against the backdrop of an exciting cosmopolitan jazz scene--home of Oscar Peterson, Oliver Jones, and Rockhead's Paradise--and the tense years of World War II, No Crystal Stair is both a tender story and an indictment of Canada's "soft" racism. In 2005, No Crystal Stair was nominated for that year's Canada Reads and was defended by Olympic fencer Sherraine MacKay.
Author : Langston Hughes
Release : 1969
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Don't You Turn Back by : Langston Hughes
Download or read book Don't You Turn Back written by Langston Hughes. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-five poems chosen from the work of the black poet, Langston Hughes, by Harlem fourth graders.
Author : Susan Sheehan
Release : 1994-09-06
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 504/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair by : Susan Sheehan
Download or read book Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair written by Susan Sheehan. This book was released on 1994-09-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 7, 1984, Crystal Taylor gave birth to a baby boy whom she named Daquan. Crystal was only fourteen. She was living with a boyfriend whom she was too young to marry, and her mother was addicted to heroin and cocaine. So under the law, Crystal and Daquan became wards of New York State’s foster-care system—a sprawling, often slipshod web of boarding facilities, halfway houses, and paid surrogates that cares for almost 60,000 children. Life for Me Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair is the story of what happened to Crystal and Daquan, as well as to Crystal’s mother, who herself had grown up in various foster homes. It is a story of three generations of poverty, addiction, and abuse—and also a story of astonishing human resilience. And Susan Sheehan tells it with the same flawless observation, humor, and compassion that she brought to her classic Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
Author : Lynell George
Release : 1992-11-17
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis No Crystal Stair by : Lynell George
Download or read book No Crystal Stair written by Lynell George. This book was released on 1992-11-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains essays, reports, vignettes, oral histories, and autobiographies examining the daily lives of African Americans in Los Angeles.
