| A Place in the World Contributor(s): Frierson, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 099726280X ISBN-13: 9780997262803 Publisher: On the Ocean Books OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | African American - General |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 8" (0.32 lbs) 138 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set in Baltimore, Ghana, and rural Georgia, this stunning novel unfolds as a tragic tale of love and family life. Kwame is a brilliant, nationalistic university professor, and Abena (Evelyn), a smart dedicated elementary school teacher. The couple leaves the U.S. and lives near Accra for a year to adopt Kofi, a little boy who becomes the center of their life back home. But after divorcing, Kwame marries Layla, his passionate grad student with a shocking secret, and a reborn Evelyn enters interracial marriage to Brian. Caught between his parents' conflicts, a teenage Kofi strives to find himself while battling the dangerous voices in his mind of African ancestors lost in the Middle Passage. |