Ecco. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0061125644 . ; Half mauve cover with cream boards has modest wear to spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Remainder mark on bottom page edge. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket has light shelf rubbing and a very faint stain on back panel but bright and very good+. Publisher's price of $25.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 272 pages .

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Fifteen years ago, in 1975, Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent, terrible death. Minette Swift had been a fiercely individualistic scholarship student, an assertive—even prickly—personality, and one of the few black girls at an exclusive women's liberal arts college near Philadelphia. By contrast, Genna was a quiet, self-effacing teenager from a privileged upper-class home, self-consciously struggling to make amends for her own elite upbringing. When, partway through their freshman year, Minette suddenly fell victim to an increasing torrent of racist harassment and vicious slurs—from within the apparent safety of their tolerant, "enlightened" campus—Genna felt it her duty to protect her roommate at all costs.Now, as Genna reconstructs the months, weeks, and hours leading up to Minette's tragic death, she is also forced to confront her own identity within the social framework of that time. Her father was a prominent civil defense lawyer whose radical politics—including defending anti-war terrorists wanted by the FBI—would deeply affect his daughter's outlook on life, and later challenge her deepest beliefs about social obligation in a morally gray world.Black Girl / White Girl is a searing double portrait of "black" and "white," of race and civil rights in post-Vietnam America, captured by one of the most important literary voices of our time.

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Bookseller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10561
Title: BLACK GIRL / WHITE GIRL
Author: Oates, Joyce Carol
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0061125644
ISBN 13: 9780061125645
Publisher: Ecco
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2006
Keywords: 0061125644

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