Gathering of Waters
New York : Akashic Books, 2012.
Format: Book
Description: 252 pages ; 22 cm
The story is narrated by the town of Money, Mississippi. Tass Hilson and Emmett Till were young and in love when Emmett was murdered in 1955. Anxious to escape the town, Tass marries Maximillian May and relocates to Detroit. Forty years later, after the death of her husband, Tass returns to Money and fanstasy takes flesh when Emmett Till's spirit is finally released from the waters of the Tallahatchie River and the two lovers are reunited.--Publisher's description.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mississippi -- Fiction.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mississippi -- Fiction.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781617750328
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F McFadden | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F McFadden | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F McFadden | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F McFadden | North Main | Fiction | In |
F McFadden | Southeast | Fiction | In |