The House of Joshua: Meditations on Family and Place (Texts and Contexts)

By Mindy Thompson Fullilove

Book Overview

Mindy Thompson Fullilove offers a series of meditations on her remarkable family and the places where they have lived. She lovingly recalls her parents: her father, a black leader of the labor movement, and her mother, a white woman whose boundless generosity was always in conflict with the racial divisions of the world around her. "Place" is a major actor in her family story, and in the course of bringing the backgrounds of six generations into the foreground, Fullilove uncovers the many lives--her own included--that are rooted in those places.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803220073
• ISBN13: 9780803220072
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A truly insightful exploration of environment and place.

The author challenges the reader to understand how environment and place shape who we are. After reading this book you will never again take the places in your life for granted. The author's poignant essays will touch your spirit and inspire you to explore the places which make you who you are.