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Memphis : a novel / Tara M. Stringfellow.

Summary:

"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory, and given who lives inside this house now, she knows it won't be the last. When her aunt opens the door, Joan sees the cousin who once brutally assaulted her. Over the next few years, she is determined not just to survive, but to find something to dream for. Longing to become an artist, she pours her rage and grief into sketching portraits of the women in her life--including old Miss Dawn from down the street, who seems to know something about curses."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593230480
  • ISBN: 0593230485
  • ISBN: 9780593230503
  • Physical Description: xii, 252 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : The Dial Press, [2022]
Subject:
Racism against Black people > Fiction.
African American families > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Drawing > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Racism.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Social problem fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 86 of 94 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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Jacksonville Main Library FIC STRINGFELLOW (Text) 36015001841861 Adult Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library FIC Stringfellow (Text) 31010000780454 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F STRINGFELLOW (Text) 39493110095835 Adult Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library F STR (Text) 80605003628962 Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library F STR (Text) 50503300469691 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/22/2026
Beaufort Main F STRIN (Text) 34208900117424 Adult Fiction Available -
Bladen Main Branch FIC STR (Text) 30441100948090 Adult Fiction Available -
Bridger Memorial Library FIC STR (Text) 30441100836691 Adult Fiction Available -
Camden County Library F STR (Text) 39488900241375 Adult Fiction Available -
Carver School Road Branch FIC Stringfellow, Tara (Text) 0112522864673 Adult Fiction Available -

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520 . ‡a"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory, and given who lives inside this house now, she knows it won't be the last. When her aunt opens the door, Joan sees the cousin who once brutally assaulted her. Over the next few years, she is determined not just to survive, but to find something to dream for. Longing to become an artist, she pours her rage and grief into sketching portraits of the women in her life--including old Miss Dawn from down the street, who seems to know something about curses."-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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