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The Turner house

Title
The Turner house / Angela Flournoy.
Author
Flournoy, Angela.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

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Description
341 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family. The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone--and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a tenth of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how each of their pasts haunts--and shapes--their family's future. Already praised by Ayana Mathis as "utterly moving" and "un-putdownable," The Turner House brings us a colorful, complicated brood full of love and pride, sacrifice and unlikely inheritances. It's a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams and futures, and the ways in which our families bring us home"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Domestic fiction.
  • Historical fiction.
Call Number
JFE 16-10291
ISBN
  • 9780544303164
  • 0544303164
LCCN
2014034423
OCLC
2014034423
Author
Flournoy, Angela.
Title
The Turner house / Angela Flournoy.
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-10291
Sc E 15-554
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