The entwined stories of two African-American families--the Smalls and the Staples--from 1910 to the present. The key figures in this haunting (and sometimes haunted) first novel set in the Midwest are the two mothers--a study in contrasts for strength and rigidity--and their children.
- ISBN10 0747246661
- ISBN13 9780747246664
- Publish Date 13 July 1995 (first published 1 April 1994)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 10 May 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Review
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 374
- Language English