Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven |
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Author:
| Trice, Dawn Turner |
Series title: | Wheeler Large Print Book Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-56895-468-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1975, Tempestt Saville and her family "move on up" to Lakeland: an exclusive neighborhood for wealthy blacks carved out of a Chicago ghetto. Behind a ten foot, ivy covered fence sits a community with every amenity, including its own section of Lake Michigan. Whatever lies outside that fence - whatever the world tells black people they can't do or be - doesn't apply to the residents of Lakeland. What is shut out by that fence is 35th street. Before a month has passed at Lakeland,...
More DescriptionIn 1975, Tempestt Saville and her family "move on up" to Lakeland: an exclusive neighborhood for wealthy blacks carved out of a Chicago ghetto. Behind a ten foot, ivy covered fence sits a community with every amenity, including its own section of Lake Michigan. Whatever lies outside that fence - whatever the world tells black people they can't do or be - doesn't apply to the residents of Lakeland. What is shut out by that fence is 35th street. Before a month has passed at Lakeland, Tempestt will witness a death, cause an arrest, and start a chain of events that will send 35th street up in flames.