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She has published eight novels, a novel for young readers and a childrens book. I been in sorrows kitchen and licked out all the pots. Explore books by susan straight with our selection at. Daughter of an african mother and a white father she never knew, moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of new orleans. Susan straight, author of a million nightingales and highwire moon. Read highwire moon by susan straight available from rakuten kobo. She was a captive to forbidden passion pdf book download online. Her most recent, between heaven and here, is the final book in the rio seco trilogy. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Her novel highwire moon was a finalist for the 2001. Nominated for the national book award, highwire moon is an illuminating journey into the dark corners of american life and into the hearts and minds of the people trapped in the shadows.
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A national book award finalist her gallery of misfits reminds one of flannery oconnors. Book excerpts are provided by the publisher and may contain language. Straights other fiction includes the gettin place and blacker than a thousand. Blacker than a thousand midnights by susan straight. A finalist for the national book award, straights highwire moon is a compelling story of serafina, an illegal migrant from the mexican state of oaxaca, who speaks only mixtec, a regional dialect. Shes shy, a mountain girl from the wilds of oaxaca, speaks only mixtec. From national book award finalist susan straight comes a haunting historical novel about a louisiana slave girls perilous journey to freedom.
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