| International Standard Book Number |
9780593358375 (electronic book)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593358368 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593358368 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Wilkerson, Charmaine, author.
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| Title Statement |
Good dirt : a novel / Charmaine Wilkerson.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
352 pages ; 25 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick"-- Provided by publisher
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| Summary, Etc. |
"When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The crime was never solved -- and because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New England -- the case has had an enduring, voyeuristic pull for the public. The last thing the Freemans want is another media frenzy splashing their family across the papers, but when Ebby's high profile romance falls apart without any explanation, that's exactly what they get. So Ebby flees to France, only for her past to follow her there. And as she tries to process what's happened, she begins to think about the other loss her family suffered on that day eighteen years ago -- the stoneware jar that had been in their family for generations, brought North by an enslaved ancestor. But little does she know that the handcrafted piece of pottery held more than just her family's history -- it might also hold the key to unlocking her own future"-- Provided by publisher
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Life change events Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Brothers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Slavery Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Racism Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Tragedy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Heirlooms Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Crime Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families, Black Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
New England Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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