Miss Black America - A Novel (Paperback, 1st Harlem Moon trade pbk. ed)

A dazzling fiction debut from the author of "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.

General

Imprint:	Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2005
First published:	June 2005
Authors:	Veronica Chambers
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
Edition:	1st Harlem Moon trade pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7679-1467-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-7679-1467-8
Barcode:	9780767914673

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