Three girls from Bronzeville : a uniquely American memoir of race, fate, and sisterhood / Dawn Turner.
| Author/creator | Turner, Dawn author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | x, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | 3 girls from Bronzeville |
| Contents | Our ledge -- Bricks and blood -- A caped crusader -- The principal's office -- Pomegranate seeds and little red pills -- "Death riding on a soda cracker" -- Miss Polaroid -- Roots and Good Times -- The violation. The maiming -- A cleaving -- A rabbit-assed mind -- The academy rewards (take one) -- The academy rewards (take two) -- "Pray for your sister" -- Humble pie -- Three miracle candles -- A baby-blue aspirator -- Choices -- The steps -- Leaving lawless -- Pasties -- "Prophet told us a storm was coming" -- A sad, sad suit -- "Dawn, can you take my call?" -- Diamonds and other birthstones -- Perspectives -- A plan for transformation -- The rock -- Dispatches to our fathers -- "Down the line" -- Pomp and circumstances -- Girls school road -- Fast-forward not available -- Two good families -- The end date -- "Crack the gate!" -- "Lordy, lordy, lordy" -- Three girls from Bronzeville. |
| Abstract | "The three girls formed an indelible bond: roaming their community in search of hidden treasures for their "Thing Finder box," and hiding under the dining room table, eavesdropping as three generations of relatives gossiped and played the numbers. The girls spent countless afternoons together, ice skating in the nearby Lake Meadows apartment complex, swimming in the pool at the Ida B. Wells housing project, and daydreaming of their futures: Dawn a writer, Debra a doctor, Kim a teacher. Then they came to a precipice, a fraught rite of passage for all girls when the dangers and the harsh realities of the world burst the innocent bubble of childhood, when the choices they made could-- and would-- have devastating consequences. There was a razor thin margin of error -- especially for brown girls. With a keen investigative eye and intimate detail, Dawn chronicles the dramatic turns that send their lives careening in very different -- and shocking -- directions over the decades. The result is a powerful tour de force on the complex interplay of race and opportunity, class and womanhood and how those forces shape our lives and our capacity for resilience and redemption"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Turner, Dawn. Three girls from Bronzeville First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021 9781982107734 |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| LCCN | 2021013756 |
| ISBN | 9781982107703 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1982107707 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F548.68 .B76 T75 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |