The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life: A Novel of American Life By: Jessie Redmon Fauset"

by Jessie Redmon Fauset

Adultery, incest, and questions of racial identity simmer beneath the tranquil surface of suburban life in this novel, set in a small New Jersey town of the early 1900s. Lovely young Laurentine is obsessed with her "bad blood," inherited from a common-law interracial union. Proud and independent, she longs for the respectability of a conventional marriage. Laurentine's vivacious and self-confident cousin, Melissa, also aspires to "marry up." But...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639237399
• ISBN13: 9781639237395
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Lushena Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"