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Finding Martha's Place : my journey through sin, salvation, and lots of soul food / Martha Hawkins ; with Marcus Brotherton.

Van Pelt Library F334.M753 H394 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hawkins, Martha.
Brotherton, Marcus, author.
Contributor:
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Cookbooks (University of Pennsylvania)
Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hawkins, Martha.
Hawkins, Martha--Philosophy.
African Americans--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
African Americans.
African American women--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
African American women.
Restaurateurs--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
Restaurateurs.
Martha's Place.
Divorced mothers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
Divorced mothers.
Philosophy.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.
Montgomery (Ala.).
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.
Alabama--Montgomery.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xv pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 231 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Edition:
[First Touchstone hardcover edition].
Place of Publication:
New York : Published by Simon & Schuster, [2010].
Contents:
Shocked
How we was
Our heaven in the projects
Different
Ugly, stupid
Poor choices
Determined
What stopped me
So much bad
A single light
The start of being free
A few steps forward
The places you'll go
The people you'll meet
My crazy dream
The terms of grace
Martha's Place.
Notes:
"A Touchstone book."
"This work is a memoir. Certain names and characteristics have been changed and some characters are composites."
"First Touchstone hardcover edition January 2010."
"Designed by Ruth Lee-Mui."
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
ISBN:
9781439137819
1439137811
OCLC:
421531678

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