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Synopsis
An autobiography of ideas and perceptions, this unconventional memoir by an African-American writer and academic charts the growth of a young girl in rural America and the emotional wounds and epiphanies that come from her unfolding awareness of race, sex, and class.
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"'Bone Black' unfolds in 61 short chapters of marvelous poetic prose....[A] lucid, challenging and entrancing read."
Washington Post Book World - Tonya Bolden (02/16/1997)
"Much of 'Bone Black' seems to be an effort to write of times [Hooks] has chosen to forget. Ms. hook's readers will probably not share these reservations, and go forward undeterred. but for the new reader, Ms. Hooks's memories of girlhood may seem no more than moments safely told of the ordinary days of an extraordinary person who might have been crushed by harsh but common circumstances, moments that one can only sense, not inhabit."
New York Times Book Review - Thulani Davis
"[A]n important addition to the growing body of literature documenting the experiences of growing up black and female."
Wehner
"Quite a departure from her usual work, this slender memoir...is the first of her works to deal at length with what it was like growing up black in the South in the 1950s....[T]here are moments of real force and pain here..."
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