| Through the Ivory Gate Contributor(s): Dove, Rita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679742409 ISBN-13: 9780679742401 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means dealing with memories of racism, rejected love--and truths about her family. Author readings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | African American - Women - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93010509 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.2" W x 7.99" (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 29537 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, about an artist on a journey of self-discovery--navigating a family secret, racism, and the conflict between marriage and career. "Skillfully evokes the mood of a decade when social change seemed not only possible but imminent." --Washington Post Book World When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means grappling with artistic ambition, memories of rejected love, and shocking truths about her family. |