Elsewhere, California : a novel.
We first met Avery in two of the stories featured in Dana Johnson's award-winning collection Break Any Woman Down. As a young girl, she and her family escape the violent streets of Los Angeles to a more gentrified existence in suburban West Covina. This average life, filled with school, trips t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Counterpoint,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | We first met Avery in two of the stories featured in Dana Johnson's award-winning collection Break Any Woman Down. As a young girl, she and her family escape the violent streets of Los Angeles to a more gentrified existence in suburban West Covina. This average life, filled with school, trips to 7-Eleven to gawk at Tiger Beat magazine, and family outings to Dodger Stadium, is soon interrupted by a past she cannot escape, personified in the guise of her violent cousin Keith.When Keith moves in with her family, he triggers a series of events that will follow Avery throughout her life: to her stu. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781619020832 (electronic bk.) 1619020831 (electronic bk.) |