Mourner's Bench

Name: Mourner's Bench
ISBN: 9781557286789

by Sanderia Faye

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2016 · Winner

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University of Arkansas PressSeptember 1, 2015Literary FictionISBN 9781557286789

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Debut Fiction)	2016	Winner

About This Book

A ten-year-old girl in 1960s rural Arkansas grapples with desegregation, family secrets, and her own coming-of-age during Freedom Summer. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction.

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