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Informationen zum Autor Marvin V. Arnett is a retired manager who worked in the federal service for more than twenty-five years and is a former vice president of the National Organization of Blacks in Government. Arnett is a member of The Society of Midland Authors. She lives in Southfield, Michigan, where she lectures and tutors. Klappentext Marvin V. Arnett is a retired manager who worked in the federal service for more than twenty-five years and is a former vice president of the National Organization of Blacks in Government. Arnett is a member of The Society of Midland Authors. She lives in Southfield, Michigan, where she lectures and tutors. Zusammenfassung Offers an account of the author's life during a racially turbulent period in Detroit. This memoir tells the story of the author's childhood with subversive allusions to the Victorian-era coming-of-age stories she consumed while growing up and the moral lessons she absorbed in such readings but could not reconcile with her own experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsPrologueMy Mother's QuiltsIn My Father's HouseThe Jewel in the CrownAfter the FallThe Good ReverendMy Father vs. the Church of the True BelieversTake from No Bird Her SongThe Boys of SummerTo Thine Own Self Be TrueMiss Lila's PlaceMy Brother and the Katzenjammer KidsWhat's in a Name?The Race ManDick Tracy's Not Your FriendThe MemorialNot by Bread Alone1300 BeaubienToo Much of a Good ThingThe Red-and-Black Chinchilla CoatWhen Your Gods Have Feet of ClayThe Great Feet WashingsThe VoteSophisticated LadyGreater Love Has No ManThe Color of ColorMister SandmanThat Lying WonderAll Things RelativeThe Gathering StormA New DayEpilogue
