The undertaker's assistant
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
ISBN
9781432869809, 1432869809
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Lansing Public Library - Adult Large Print Fiction | SKE | On Shelf |
Oak Lawn Public Library - Large Type | LARGE TYPE FICTION SKENANDO | On Shelf |
Park Forest Public Library - Stacks | LT FIC SKE | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
593 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432869809, 1432869809
Notes
Description
"The dead can't hurt you. Only the living can." Effie Jones, a former slave who escaped to the Union side as a child, knows the truth of her words. Taken in by an army surgeon and his wife during the War, she learned to read and write, to tolerate the sight of blood and broken bodies-and to forget what is too painful to bear. Now a young freedwoman, she has returned south to New Orleans and earns her living as an embalmer, her steady hand and skillful incisions compensating for her white employer's shortcomings. Tall and serious, Effie keeps her distance from the other girls in her boarding house, holding tight to the satisfaction she finds in her work. But despite her reticence, two encounters-with a charismatic state legislator named Samson Greene, and a beautiful young Creole, Adeline-introduce her to new worlds of protests and activism, of soirees and social ambition. Effie decides to seek out the past she has blocked from her memory and try to trace her kin. As her hopes are tested by betrayal, and New Orleans grapples with violence and growing racial turmoil, Effie faces loss and heartache, but also a chance to finally find her place . . "--,Provided by publisher.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Skenandore, A. (2019). The undertaker's assistant (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skenandore, Amanda. 2019. The Undertaker's Assistant. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skenandore, Amanda. The Undertaker's Assistant Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Skenandore, Amanda. The Undertaker's Assistant Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
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