The Resource Under the tulip tree, Michelle Shocklee
Under the tulip tree, Michelle Shocklee
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The item Under the tulip tree, Michelle Shocklee represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Under the tulip tree, Michelle Shocklee represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. As Frankie recounts her life as a slave, Rena is horrified to learn of all the older woman has endured--especially because Rena's ancestors owned slaves. While Frankie's story challenges Rena's preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 387 pages
- Note
- Includes discussion questions
- Isbn
- 9781496446077
- Label
- Under the tulip tree
- Title
- Under the tulip tree
- Statement of responsibility
- Michelle Shocklee
- Subject
-
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
- Older women -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Religious fiction
- Slavery -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Christian fiction
- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- Fiction
- Women slaves -- Fiction
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. As Frankie recounts her life as a slave, Rena is horrified to learn of all the older woman has endured--especially because Rena's ancestors owned slaves. While Frankie's story challenges Rena's preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shocklee, Michelle
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3619.H627
- LC item number
- U53 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women journalists
- Women slaves
- Older women
- Slavery
- Intergenerational relations
- Female friendship
- Depressions
- United States
- United States
- Race relations
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Under the tulip tree, Michelle Shocklee
- Note
- Includes discussion questions
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1141039996
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 387 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496446077
- Lccn
- 2020006354
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1141039996
- Label
- Under the tulip tree, Michelle Shocklee
- Note
- Includes discussion questions
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1141039996
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 387 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496446077
- Lccn
- 2020006354
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1141039996
Subject
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
- Older women -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Religious fiction
- Slavery -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Christian fiction
- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- Fiction
- Women slaves -- Fiction
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
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