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A comely woman of mixed blood is passing for white in the New England town where she raises her son while teaching music. Her son believes she is murdered when she dies under mysterious circumstances.
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4 editions- Paperback · English · 1987Ballantine Books/Random House Inc · 372 pages · 9780345336712
- Other · English · 1987Flamingo · 338 pages · 9780006542179
- Other · English · 1986Heinemann · 338 pages · 9780434328000
- Other · English · 1985Harper & Row · 338 pages · 9780060154318
Fiction, generalWomen musiciansFictionBlacksRace identityBlack people