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Title The persimmon trail & other stories / Juyanne James.
Author James, Juyanne, author.
Publication Info. Seattle : Broken Levee Books, an imprint of Chin Music Press, [2015]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC JAM    Check Shelves
Edition First {1} edition.
Description 210 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Contents You don't know me, child -- The wicker basket -- The persimmon trail -- Pimento cheese -- Doll -- Trio -- Girl watcher -- The strength of a woman -- Salvia, Salvia -- Collection -- Bayou buoys -- Getting stuck at the VA -- Even in New Orleans -- The old man's hands -- David and Michal -- Drowning for words -- The meeting.
Summary This collection of short stories brings to life a series of strong women and conflicted men who struggle to eke out a living in southern Louisiana.--From book cover.
Subject Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
African American women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
Genre Short stories, American -- African American authors.
Short stories, American -- 21st century.
Short stories, American -- African American women authors.
Short stories.
Added Title Short stories. Selections
ISBN 1634059565
9781634059565 : $15.00
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