Miss Muriel and Other Stories
by Ann Petry 2021-01-01 06:37:13
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A young black girl watches as her aunt’s multiple suitors disrupt her  family’s privacy. The same girl, now on the cusp of adulthood, shares her family’s growing fears that her father has disappeared. Acclaimed author Ann Petry... Read more
A young black girl watches as her aunt’s multiple suitors disrupt her  family’s privacy. The same girl, now on the cusp of adulthood, shares her family’s growing fears that her father has disappeared. Acclaimed author Ann Petry penned these and the other unforgettable narratives in Miss Muriel and Other Stories more than seventy years ago, yet in them contemporary readers recognize characters who exist today and dilemmas that recur again and again: the reluctance of African Americans to seek help from the police, the rage that erupts in a black man worn down by brutality, the tyranny that the young can visit on their elders regardless of race. Originally published between 1945 and 1971, Petry’s stories capture the essence of African American experience since the 1940s.
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  • 9 X 6 X 0.87 in
  • 320
  • Northwestern University Press
  • July 15, 2017
  • English
  • 9780395126714
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Ann Petry (1908-1997), novelist, short story writer and writer of books for young people, was one of America's most distinguished authors. Petry began by studying pharmacology, and in 1934 received ...
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