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The Davenports / Krystal Marquis.
Van Pelt Library PZ7.1.M37263 Dav 2023
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marquis, Krystal, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American families--Juvenile fiction.
- African American families.
- Upper class--Juvenile fiction.
- Upper class.
- Young women--Juvenile fiction.
- Young women.
- Families--Juvenile fiction.
- Families.
- Love--Juvenile fiction.
- Love.
- Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Racism--Juvenile fiction.
- Racism.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Juvenile fiction.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Families--Fiction.
- Love--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Family members--Juvenile literature.
- Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Novels.
- Historical fiction.
- Romance fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 379 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
- "The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it's 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love--even where they're not supposed to. There is Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married... until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter, Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love--unless it's with her sister's suitor. Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business--and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen's brother, John. But Olivia's best friend, Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can't seem to keep his interest... until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone else wins hers"-- Amazon.com.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780593463338
- 0593463331
- OCLC:
- 1340656708
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