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Gathering of waters / by Bernice L. McFadden. |
| Authors: | McFadden, Bernice L. |
| Call number: | FIC MCF |
| Publisher: | New York : Akashic Books, 2012. |
| Publication date: | 2012. |
| Subject: |
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction. Mississippi -- Fiction. Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction. Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Fiction. |
| Title: | Gathering of waters / by Bernice L. McFadden. |
| Physical description: | 252 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Summary note: | The story is narrated by the town of Money, Mississippi. Tass Hilson and Emmett Till were young and in love when Emmett was murdered in 1955. Anxious to escape the town, Tass marries Maximillian May and relocates to Detroit. Forty years later, after the death of her husband, Tass returns to Money and fanstasy takes flesh when Emmett Till's spirit is finally released from the waters of the Tallahatchie River and the two lovers are reunited.--Publisher's description. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
| ISBN: | 9781617750328 1617750328 9781617750311 (pbk.) 161775031X (pbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2011923109 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1346933 |
| Bib No.: | 1346933 |
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| Central Library | Fiction, Adult - Non-Floating | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| Brightwood Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| College Avenue Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked out |
| Decatur Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| Decatur Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| Eagle Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| Glendale Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| Lawrence Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| Lawrence Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |
| Pike Library | Fiction, Adult | FIC MCF | Checked In |