Ecco Press. 0061125644 Remainder marked on the top & bottom page edges. Remainder marked on the top & bottom pages' edges. A stated first edition with the copyright page listing the full number sequence of 1-10 present. The Dust-Jacket's original price is still intact. Pages are clean, tight and bright. . Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2006.

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Fifteen years ago, in 1975, Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent, terrible death. Minette Swift had been a fiercely individualistic scholarship student, an assertive—even prickly—personality, and one of the few black girls at an exclusive women's liberal arts college near Philadelphia. By contrast, Genna was a quiet, self-effacing teenager from a privileged upper-class home, self-consciously struggling to make amends for her own elite upbringing. When, partway through their freshman year, Minette suddenly fell victim to an increasing torrent of racist harassment and vicious slurs—from within the apparent safety of their tolerant, "enlightened" campus—Genna felt it her duty to protect her roommate at all costs.Now, as Genna reconstructs the months, weeks, and hours leading up to Minette's tragic death, she is also forced to confront her own identity within the social framework of that time. Her father was a prominent civil defense lawyer whose radical politics—including defending anti-war terrorists wanted by the FBI—would deeply affect his daughter's outlook on life, and later challenge her deepest beliefs about social obligation in a morally gray world.Black Girl / White Girl is a searing double portrait of "black" and "white," of race and civil rights in post-Vietnam America, captured by one of the most important literary voices of our time.

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Bookseller: BookTown USA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: FH485
Title: Black Girl White Girl
Author: Oates, Joyce Carol
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good/Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0061125644
ISBN 13: 9780061125645
Publisher: Ecco Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2006
Keywords: Classic Contemporary Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Classic Contemporary Literature;

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