The unsettled / Ayana Mathis.
"Set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama-about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival."-- Provided by publisher.
From the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia 1985, Ava is already plotting a way out. She is repulsed by the shelter's squalid conditions: their cockroach-infested room, the barely edible food, and the shifty night security guard. She is determined to rescue her son from the perils and indignities of that place, and to save herself from the complicated past that led them there.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525519935
- ISBN: 0525519939
- Physical Description: 311 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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- African American families > Fiction.
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Psychic trauma > Fiction.
Poor families > Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Fiction.
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Alabama > Fiction. - Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Available copies
- 54 of 54 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 54 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC MATHIS (Text) | 36015000447025 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC MATHIS (Text) | 36015001894688 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F MATHIS (Text) | 39493110104124 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F MAT (Text) | 50503300483106 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F MAT (Text) | 0020660134253 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | F MATHIS (Text) | 31781068759917 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | F MAT (Text) | 39488900265390 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carver School Road Branch | FIC Mathis, Ayana (Text) | 0112523012529 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F MATHIS (Text) | 22281500156489 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | F MATHIS (Text) | 31781068759958 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
