Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may

Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved dog eared or creased page s; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy.

New York. 1994. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket.

New York. 1994. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374247161. 1st Novel. 213 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Debbie Glasserman. Jacket art: William H. Johnson, ‘Three Girls Playing, ' 1942. keywords: African American Literature Women America. DESCRIPTION-In Rattlebone, a 'fictional' black community north of Kansas City, the smell of manure and bacon from Armour's Packing House is everywhere; Shady Maurice's roadhouse plays the latest jazz, the best eggs are sold by the Red Quanders, and gospel rules at the Strangers Rest Baptist Church. This is the black Midwest of the 1950s, when towns could count their white folks on one hand-the years before the civil rights movement came along and changed everything. In perfectly cadenced vernacular, Maxine Clair speaks to us through the voices of Rattlebone's citizens: October Brown, the new schoolteacher with a camel's walk and shoulder-padded, to-the-nines dresses; Irene Wilson, naive and wise, who must grapple with her parent's failing marriage as she steps eagerly into adulthood; and Thomas Pemberton, owner of the local rooming house, an old man with a young heart. Sparkling with lyricism, Clair's interconnected stories celebrate the natural beauty of the Midwest and the dignity and vitality of these most ordinary lives. inventory #20044.

First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition so stated.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.

Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition so stated.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.