| Out of the Night That Covers Me Contributor(s): Devoto, Pat Cunningham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0446678023 ISBN-13: 9780446678025 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: Orphaned at eight, John McMillan now longs for escape from his aunt's run-down tenant farm in Lower Peach Tree, Alabama. A twist of fate brings him to the Bend, a black settlement where he becomes embroiled in a brutal confrontation that changes all their lives, challenges the prejudice of an era, and inspires the courage of a people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00032492 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 4.96" W x 8.04" (1.08 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John McMillan was only eight years old when his mother died and he was ripped, without warning, from his sheltered world of books and gentility. Now on his aunt's run-down tenant farm in southern Alabama, abused by his alcoholic uncle, and completely bereft, John longs for escape--his only hope for survival. He's about to get his wish in a way no one could ever predict....A twist of fate will bring John to the Bend, a black settlement that has become a refuge for outcasts, where he'll join Tuway, a black man who helps others leave the South and find a new life in Chicago. But neither will be ready for the brutal confrontation about to change their lives, challenge the prejudice of an era, inspire the courage of a people, and most of all, touchingly reveal the secrets of one boy's heart. |