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A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Aug 14 11:36:03 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 11:36:03 -0700 2008 24320886 1234090 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

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A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 0 0 false Wed May 14 11:25:07 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 14 06:48:59 -0800 2009 21857537 196624 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 3 0 false Thu May 08 09:41:20 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 09:41:20 -0700 2008 19225820 1043629 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 0 0 false Tue Apr 01 14:12:55 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 14:12:55 -0700 2008 10494885 687724 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 0 0 false Sun Dec 16 03:16:20 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 03:16:20 -0800 2007 9561889 554680 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 0 0 false Mon Nov 26 11:42:38 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 11:42:41 -0800 2007 8594582 596983 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 5 0 false Fri Nov 02 21:12:03 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 21:12:03 -0700 2007 5172627 297660 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 5 0 false Mon Aug 27 09:13:09 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 09:13:09 -0700 2007 1837767 122401 251890 0767914678 9780767914673 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449m/251890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173150449s/251890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251890.Miss_Black_America_A_Novel 4.00 9 Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tender story of Angela, a young girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Angela goes to school one ordinary day and returns home to find her glamorous and fiercely independent mother gone. Her magician father, Teddo, left to raise Angela alone, insists on keeping Melanie’s disappearance shrouded in mystery. As Angela grows to womanhood and struggles to understand her mother’s motivation for escaping the bonds of her family, she wryly observes, “My father was a magician, but my mother was the real Houdini.”

A universal story that is both finely tuned and elegant, Miss Black America captures the intricacies, pleasures, contradictions, and complexities at the heart of every family. Spare and finely told, this novel will seep beneath your skin and stay with you long after the last page has been turned.]]> 2005 0 0 false Sun Jun 10 22:40:31 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 22:40:34 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=251890