In the country of women : a memoir
(Book)
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Published
New York : Catapult, 2019.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781948226226 :, 1948226227 :
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Published
New York : Catapult, 2019.
Physical Desc
xviii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781948226226 :, 1948226227 :
Notes
Description
"In inland Southern California, near the desert and the
Mexican border, Susan Straight, a self-proclaimed book
nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African American basketball
player, started dating in high school. After college, they
married and drove to Amherst, Massachusetts, where
Straight met her teacher and mentor, James Baldwin, who
encouraged her to write. Once back in Riverside, at
driveway barbecues and fish fries with the large, close-
knit Sims family, Straight--and eventually her three
daughters--heard for decades the stories of Dwayne's
female ancestors. Some women escaped violence in post-
slavery Tennessee, some escaped murder in Jim Crow
Mississippi, and some fled abusive men. Straight's mother-
in-law, Alberta Sims, is the descendant at the heart of
this memoir. Susan's family, too, reflects the hardship
and resilience of women pushing onward--from Switzerland,
Canada, and the Colorado Rockies to California. A
Pakistani word, biraderi, is one Straight uses to define a
complex system of kinship and clan--those who become your
family. An entire community helped raise her daughters. Of
her three girls, now grown and working in museums and the
entertainment industry, Straight writes, "The daughters of
our ancestors carry in their blood at least three
continents. We are not about borders. We are about love
and survival." In the Country of Women is a valuable
social history and a personal narrative that reads like a
love song to America and indomitable women." -- from
Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Straight, S. (2019). In the country of women: a memoir . Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Straight, Susan. 2019. In the Country of Women: A Memoir. Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Straight, Susan. In the Country of Women: A Memoir Catapult, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Straight, Susan. In the Country of Women: A Memoir Catapult, 2019.
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