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Three girls from Bronzeville : a uniquely American memoir of race, fate, and sisterhood / Dawn Turner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, Dawn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Turner, Dawn.
- Turner, Dawn--Family.
- Turner, Kim, 1968-1992--Childhood and youth.
- Turner, Kim.
- Trice, Debra.
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African American women--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- African American women.
- Women--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Women.
- Journalists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)--Biography.
- Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part 1
- 1 Our Ledge p. 3
- 2 Bricks and Blood p. 8
- 3 A Caped Crusader p. 21
- 4 The Principal's Office p. 32
- 5 Pomegranate Seeds and Little Red Pills p. 44
- 6 "Death Riding on a Soda Cracker" p. 55
- 7 Miss Polaroid p. 65
- 8 Roots and Good Times p. 77
- 9 The Violation. The Maiming p. 84
- 10 A Cleaving p. 90
- Part 2
- 11 A Rabbit-Assed Mind p. 95
- 12 The Academy Rewards (Take One) p. 103
- 13 The Academy Rewards (Take Two) p. 110
- 14 "Pray for Your Sister" p. 117
- 15 Humble Pie p. 129
- 16 Three Miracle Candles p. 135
- 17 A Baby-Blue Aspirator p. 146
- 18 Choices p. 154
- 19 The Steps p. 165
- 20 Leaving Lawless p. 171
- 21 Pasties p. 176
- 22 "Prophet Told Us a Storm Was Coming" p. 184
- 23 A Sad, Sad Suit p. 197
- Part 3
- 24 "Dawn, Can You Take My Call?" p. 207
- 25 Diamonds and Other Birthstones p. 219
- 27 A Plan for Transformation p. 232
- 28 The Rock p. 238
- 29 Dispatches to Our Fathers p. 245
- 30 "Down the Line" p. 256
- 31 Pomp and Circumstances p. 264
- 32 Girls School Road p. 273
- 33 Fast-Forward Not Available p. 281
- 34 Two Good Families p. 290
- 35 The End Date p. 301
- 36 "Crack the Gate!" p. 306
- 37 "Lordy, Lordy, Lordy" p. 310
- 38 Three Girls from Bronzeville p. 316.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 20, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Turner, Dawn. Three girls from Bronzeville
- ISBN:
- 9781982107734
- 1982107731
- Publisher Number:
- 40030761000
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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