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BL
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| Record Number
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949222
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b703592
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| Main Entry
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McKinney-Whetstone, Diane.
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| Title & Author
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Tempest rising : : a novel /\ Diane McKinney-Whetstone.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperTorch,, [2005], ©1998.
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| Page. NO
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390 pages ;; 18 cm
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| ISBN
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0060750308
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: 9780060750305
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : William Morrow, 1998.
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| Abstract
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The irony of a black family ruined by desegregation in 1960s Philadelphia. Now that his customers can go to whites, the father's catering business collapses and he dies. The mother has a breakdown and their three daughters are placed in a foster home, where they suffer abuse. Fortunately, the mother recovers from her illness and gets them back.
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African American families, Fiction.
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African Americans, Fiction.
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African American families.
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African Americans.
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Philadelphia (Pa.), Fiction.
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South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.), Fiction.
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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3563.C3825T46 2005
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