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The bed she was born in / Jeri Fitzgerald Board.

Board, Jeri Fitzgerald, (author.).

Summary:

"An award-winning historical novel, The Bed She Was Born In is the story of five women--three black and two white--and the intimate relationships that bind them throughout a tumultuous century in American history. Fate brings these women together but it is a covenant of love, strength, and courage that sustain them as they struggle with the harsh realities of sex, violence, race, and class." -- Amazon.com

Record details

ISBN: 1933251220
ISBN: 9781933251226
Physical Description: 300 pages : map, genealogical chart, ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boone, N.C. : Parkway Publishers, Inc., [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-300).

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: November, 1941 -- Part I: The blood of her enemies -- Cow a hard thing to hide -- A letter to Adaire to her cousin -- Beaver Dam -- Part II: Polka-dot girl -- Up jump the devil -- A letter from Adaire to her daughter -- My friends think I'm a disgrace -- The moon and the stars -- Part III: What we women know -- Caesar's safety pins -- A letter from Anna to her sister -- Mighty bad sign -- Fingers and toes -- Part IV: Like a good little wife -- Jesus has nothing to do with this -- A letter from Anna to her sister -- What I really had in mind -- My poor heart is about to bust -- Part V: The girl at the back door -- Every lost soul -- Long gray lines -- The voice every mother dreads -- My thoughts and feelings -- Harvest -- Epilogue: November, 1941 -- Sources