Rebellion, 1967: A Memoir

by Janet Luongo

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Janet Duffy, a spunky, seventeen-year-old Irish girl, is eager to start college-but instability between her alcoholic father and self-absorbed mother jeopardize her dream, so she sets up her own apartment with her younger sister in Jamaica, Queens, and treks to City College in Manhattan, New York. The routine is deadening, but she finds purpose in the black community, working for a mural painter and volunteering for a civil rights activist.



After turning eighteen, Janet marches with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and falls for a young black saxophone player, Carmen. Her father, a policeman, explodes...Read more
  • ISBN10 1647421047
  • ISBN13 9781647421045
  • Publish Date 27 July 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint She Writes Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Language English