Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness
| Year of Publication |
2006
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| Publication Type |
Short Stories
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
161 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Publisher |
Atria Books
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
A collection of stories in loving tribute to the author’s grandmother that revisit childhood memories of the African-American community in Pittsburgh’s North Side.
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| Author Biography |
Jewell Parker Rhodes (1954— ), raised in Pittsburgh's Manchester neighborhood, earned an MA and doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University. The author of several novels, essays, and guides to writing, she teaches at Arizona State University.
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| Time |
1950s-70s
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