Safe from the neighbors / Steve Yarbrough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yarbrough, Steve, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History teachers--Fiction.

History teachers.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans--Civil rights--Fiction.

African Americans.

Mississippi--Fiction.

Mississippi.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

259 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Summary:

In a small town in the Mississippi Delta, Luke May teaches local history to students too young to remember the turmoil of the civil rights era. Luke himself was just a child in 1962 when James Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss provoked a bloody new battle in the old Civil War. But when a long-lost friend suddenly returns to town, bringing with her a reminder of the act of searing violence that ended her childhood, Luke begins to realize that his connection to the past runs deeper than he ever could have imagined. An intricate novel of family secrets, extramarital affairs, and political upheaval, "Safe from the Neighbors "is a magnificent achievement.

ISBN:

9780307271709

0307271706

9780307472151

0307472159

OCLC:

373057377