The Resource The Turner house, Angela Flournoy
The Turner house, Angela Flournoy
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The item The Turner house, Angela Flournoy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family. The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone--and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a tenth of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how each of their pasts haunts--and shapes--their family's future. Already praised by Ayana Mathis as "utterly moving" and "un-putdownable," The Turner House brings us a colorful, complicated brood full of love and pride, sacrifice and unlikely inheritances. It's a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams and futures, and the ways in which our families bring us home"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 341 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544303164
- Label
- The Turner house
- Title
- The Turner house
- Statement of responsibility
- Angela Flournoy
- Subject
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- trueFamilies
- African American families -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueChange
- trueDetroit, Michigan
- Domestic fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHouses
- trueIntergenerational relations
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueOptions, alternatives, choices
- trueParent and adult child
- trueRecession (Economics)
- trueSick mothers
- trueAfrican American families
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family. The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone--and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a tenth of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how each of their pasts haunts--and shapes--their family's future. Already praised by Ayana Mathis as "utterly moving" and "un-putdownable," The Turner House brings us a colorful, complicated brood full of love and pride, sacrifice and unlikely inheritances. It's a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams and futures, and the ways in which our families bring us home"--
- Summary
- Learning after a half-century of family life that their house on Detroit's East Side is worth only a fraction of its mortgage, the members of the Turner family gather to reckon with their pasts and decide the house's fate
- Award
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- BCALA Literary Award for First Novelist, 2016.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2015
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10409863
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Flournoy, Angela
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3606.L6813
- LC item number
- T87 2015
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- African American families
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Turner house, Angela Flournoy
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 341 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544303164
- Lccn
- 2014034423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 885225314
- (OCoLC)885225314
- Label
- The Turner house, Angela Flournoy
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 341 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544303164
- Lccn
- 2014034423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 885225314
- (OCoLC)885225314
Subject
- trueFamilies
- African American families -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueChange
- trueDetroit, Michigan
- Domestic fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHouses
- trueIntergenerational relations
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueOptions, alternatives, choices
- trueParent and adult child
- trueRecession (Economics)
- trueSick mothers
- trueAfrican American families
Genre
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- trueBCALA Literary Award: First Novelist Category
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2015
- trueFor Fans of This Is Us
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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