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A poor, white girl in 1944 North Carolina finds her lonely life transformed by a handsome, educated black soldier, but their romance is met by turmoil and hostility from the girl's hometown. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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"Evocative and ruthless. . . . French beautifully sketches Holly's tale, painting characters rich enough to demand sympathy even as they react with unthinking racism."-Washington Post Book World
"Illuminates a great deal not only about black and white Americans and the history of our depressed, desperate intermingling but also about the sturdiness of humbler notions like decency and love. . . . The beauty of Mr. French's language is exceptional."-New York Times Book Review
"Dramatically vivid. . . . Readers will enjoy Holly for the distinctive poetry of much of its prose, and for its evocation of an isolated world that unhappily reflects too accurately the larger truths of our nation's racial divide."-Chicago Tribune
"Beautiful and so poignant it may induce tears."-Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Albert French served in the U.S. Marines as an infantryman during the Vietnam War. After the service, he taught himself photography and worked as a medical photographer and a photojournalist. The author of Billy, I Can't Wait on God, and the memoir Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Remembrance, French lives in Pittsburgh.
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- PublisherThe Viking Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0670857467
- ISBN 13 9780670857463
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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