HILL, LAWRENCE

Any Known Blood

Harpercollins Publishers, 2008. Paperback. ISBN: 1554685087. A Fine+ Paperback. Tightly bound with clean and unmarked pages. An uncreased spine with the previous owner's blind stamp to the half title page. "Langston Cane V is 38, divorced and working as a government speechwriter, until he’s fired for sabotaging the minister’s speech. It seems the perfect time for Langston, the eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father, to embark on a quest to discover his family’s past -- and his own sense of self. Any Known Blood follows five generations of an African-Canadian-American family in a compelling story that slips effortlessly from the slave trade of 19th-century Virginia to the modern, predominantly white suburbs of Oakville, Ontario "; 6 X 1.32 X 9 inches; 528 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26858

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Canada, Race

Keywords: 1554685087 African American Canada > History Historical Fiction Canada Historical Fiction African American

KINCAID NANCI

Crossing Blood

New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1992. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. ISBN: 039913719X. Book Club, Green hard boards with grey cloth like spine. Previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free end-paper. Top corner slightly bumped. DJ very good with some edgewear. This is a beautiful little story, one that even Henry Louis Gates, Jr, the noted black writer who is married to a white woman, says that black readers can enjoy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 285 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 937

Catalogue: Fiction, Race

Keywords: 039913719x Race Relations, Afro-Americans South Fiction Romance Black History

MACDONALD, ANN-MARIE

Fall on Your Knees

Knopf Canada, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394281594. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author, in an inscription to the previous author, to the title page. Also included is a wedding picture where MacDonald is a wedding guest! Brown / black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and is protected by a clear plastic covering. In fine condition. "At the start of the 20th century, James Piper sets fire to his dead mother's piano and heads out across Cape Breton Island to find a new place to live, eventually eloping with 13-year-old Materia Mahmoud, the daughter of wealthy, traditional Lebanese parents. And so, from early on, Ann-Marie MacDonald establishes some major themes: racial tension, isolation, passion and forbidden love, which will gradually lead to incest, death in childbirth, and even murder. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 566 pages; Signed by Author. Fine .

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Book number: 27409

Catalogue: Fiction, Domestic, Family & Relationships, Race Discrimination

Keywords: 0394281594 Fiction > Domestic Family & Relationships Race Discrimintaion Canadian Literature Fiction Family & Relationships Literature

TAYLOR MILDRED D.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

New York: The Dial Press, 1976. Hardcover. Burgundy hard boards with gilt lettering on spine. This is a book club edition with some minor edgewear on the spine ends and the name of the previous owner on the front free end-paper. Clean, bright interior with a solid binding. The DJ is very colorful, the spine has some sunning and there is edgewear and browning on the inside of the cover. "In all Mildred D. Taylor's unforgettable novels she recounts "not only the joy of growing up in a large and supportive family, but my own feelings of being faced with segregation and bigotry." Her Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s. "; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 2799

Catalogue: Juvenile Fiction, Race Relations

Keywords: African American Race Relations Fiction Juvenile / Young Adult Black History