Against the Grain

by Anne Dimock

Book Overview

Every small act of history is a drama of time, place, and people. Welcome to Jamestown, New Jersey where in 1962-1964, six characters intersect in a conflict of change and complacency. During desegregation battles in the early 1960s, one African American family in a leafy NJ suburb experiences barriers more quiet and hidden than in the South. When the oldest child, Fleur, a high school student, gets an after school job in an upscale store on Main...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1954907028
• ISBN13: 9781954907027
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Woodhall Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"