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Miriam finds her world shattered when her daughter is shot by a white police officer in a case of mistaken identity, a situation that forces her to confront her past, her identity as an African American woman, and her widowhood.
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3 editions- Other · English · 2010Scribner · 272 pages · 9781439125595
- Other · English · 2005Scribner · 262 pages · 9780743417983
- Other · English · 2003Scribner · 266 pages · 9780743211840
African American womenAfrican American familiesPolice brutalityFictionAfrican American college studentsMothers and daughtersFiction, generalAfrican americans, fiction