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If Beale Street could talk : a novel / James Baldwin.

Summary:

Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions: affection, despair, and hope.

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  • ISBN: 9780804149679
  • ISBN: 0804149674
  • ISBN: 1299823122
  • ISBN: 9781299823129
  • ISBN: 9780141963792
  • ISBN: 0141963794
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 pages)
  • Edition: First Vintage International edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage International, 2006.
Subject: African Americans > Fiction.
False imprisonment > Fiction.
Malicious accusation > Fiction.
Nineteen seventies > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
FICTION > General.
Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)
African Americans.
False imprisonment.
Malicious accusation.
Nineteen seventies.
New York (State) > New York.
Genre: Romance fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Electronic books.
Love stories.
Electronic books.

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