Like One of the Family...conversations from a domestic's life.
by Childress, Alice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn, N,Y.: Independence Publishers, 1956. 226pp. Gray boards, red spine, Rubbing at the spine edges, light toning to the text. Otherwise clean, unmarked. Unclipped pictorial jacket has two large chips on the top and bottom of the spine, stains on the front panel. In mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Octavo.
Synopsis
Alice Childress was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and raised an educated in Harlem. She pursued a variety of jobs, including assistant machinist, photo retoucher, saleslady, and insurance agent as she worked relentlessly to gain audiences for her work as a playwright, actress, and novelist. She also did domestic work for a few months; the day she quit she surprised her employer by throwing her keys at her head. The woman later asked her to return to work. This "only work" that Childress could find turned out to be valuable, for it provided her with firsthand experience of the job situation she would later depict in Like One of the Family . Her works include numerous plays including the Obie-Award Winning Trouble in Mind, as well as books for young adults such as A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029532
- Title
- Like One of the Family...conversations from a domestic's life.
- Author
- Childress, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Independence Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn, N,Y.
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- fiction African American domestic workers
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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