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Southland Paperback - 2003
by Revoyr, Nina
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Details
- Title Southland
- Author Revoyr, Nina
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 350
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Akashic Books, Ltd, New York
- Date March 2003
- Bookseller's Inventory # O-05-4324
- ISBN 9781888451412 / 1888451416
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.3 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Sex & Gender: Lesbian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002116775
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
Nina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder, and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles. A young Japanese-American woman, Jackie Ishida, is in her last semester of law school when her grandfather, Frank Sakai, dies unexpectedly. While trying to fulfill a request from his will, Jackie discovers that 4 black teenagers were killed in the store he ran during the Watts Riots of 1965—and that the murders were never solved or reported. Along with James Lanier, a cousin of one of the victims, she tries to piece together the story of the boys' deaths. In the process, Jackie unearths the long-held secrets of her family's history—and her own. Moving in and out of the past, from the shipping yards and internment camps of World War II; to the barley fields of the Crenshaw District in the 1930s; to the means streets of Watts in the 1960s; to the night spots and garment factories of the 1990s, Southland weaves a tale of L.A. in all of its faces and forms.
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/01/2003, Page 1378
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2003, Page 340
- Lambda Book Report, 02/01/2003, Page 30
- Library Journal, 04/15/2003, Page 126
- Publishers Weekly, 04/28/2003, Page 50
