Daddy Was A Number Runner Paperback / softback
by Louise Meriwether
Part of the Virago Modern Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
With a Foreword by James Baldwin'Beautiful, timeless and relevant' Jacqueline Woodson'A most important novel' Paule Marshall'A considerable achievement' James BaldwinDepression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and of danger.
Her beloved father becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francie's brothers dreams of becoming a chemist, the other is in a gang.
Francie, too, is a dreamer, but women in her neighbourhood have limited prospects, either selling their bodies on the streets, running poker games or having a baby every year.
There are risks in everything, from going to the movies to walking down the block.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:03/06/2021
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- ISBN:9780349015927
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:03/06/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780349015927
