Three W's: Tears of Pain and Joy

by Ernest Gaines

I do not know where or who is my earthly father, but I do know that my heavenly Father is always there with me.

Ernest Gaines, a sixth-generation sharecropper born in Louisiana in the 1950s, recalls a forgotten way of life in this memoir focusing on his boyhood and adolescence.

Growing up, he had few if any toys, but he had lots of fun running, hiding, and laughing with his friends while old people chatted in church. They wanted to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1480879401
• ISBN13: 9781480879409
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"