Author: MESSER, SUSAN
Title: Grand River and Joy
Description: Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0472116991. Sweetwater Fiction: Originals Series; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1 inches; 230 pages; Hard cover is sewn binding. Tan covers, with tan cloth spine with silver lettering. DJ has faint rubbing. Pages are clean and tight, appears as If unused. 'Grand River and Joy, named after a landmark intersection in Detroit, follows Harry through the intersections of his life and the history of his city. It's a work of fiction set in a world that is anything but fictional, a novel about the intersections between races, classes and religions exploding in the long, hot summers of Detroit in the 1960s. Grand River and Joy is a powerful and moving exploration of one of the most difficult chapters of Michigan history'.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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