Three Girls From Bronzeville - A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood

Now in Paperback, Dawn Turner's THREE GIRLS FROM BRONZEVILLE is a riveting chronicle of the lives of three Black girls (her own, her sister's and her best friend) who come of age in storied Bronzeville, Chicago and the shocking turns of their fates; a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship and sisterhood and other powerful forces that allow some to flourish...and some to falter.

Info autore

Dawn Turner is an award-winning journalist and novelist. A former columnist and reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Turner spent a decade and a half writing about race, politics, and people whose stories are often dismissed and ignored. Turner, who served as a 2017 and 2018 juror for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary, has written commentary for The Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, CBS Sunday Morning News show, NPR’s Morning Edition show, the Chicago Tonight show, and elsewhere. She has covered national presidential conventions, as well as Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential election and inauguration. Turner has been a regular commentator for several national and international news programs, and has reported from around the world in countries such as Australia, China, France, and Ghana. She spent the 2014–2015 school year as a Nieman Journalism fellow at Harvard University. In 2018, she served as a fellow and journalist-in-residence at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. Turner is the author of two novels, Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven and An Eighth of August. In 2018, she established the Dawn M. Turner and Kim D. Turner Endowed Scholarship in Media at her alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dawn Turner
• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.07.2022
• EAN: 9781982107710
• ISBN: 978-1-982107-71-0
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; USA, Ethnic Studies, Memoirs, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Gender studies: women and girls, Black & Asian Studies, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black