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The River Jordan
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ISBN10: 1453825355
ISBN13: 9781453825358
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 11 2010
Pages: 802
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.59 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781453825358
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 11 2010
Pages: 802
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.59 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
IN AN ERA WHEN BLACK FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE ECONOMICALLYAND OVERCOME HARSH RACIAL BARRIERS, THE HAWKINS AND EDWARDS CLANS WERE WITNESSING THEIR OWN IDENTITY CRISIS...'COLORED, ' 'NEGRO, ' 'BLACK'? BUT ALVINA EDWARDS' PERSONAL DILEMMA WAS MORE DRAMATIC. SHROUDED WITH A SELF-IMPOSED RELIGIOUS PIOUSNESS UNDER SIEGE, SHE NEEDED NOT ONLY HER BIBLE, BUT GUILE TO WARD OFF HER DETRACTOR. AND WITH A WILY GRANDSON, JASON EQUALLY DETERMINE TO DISCLOSE HER PAST, SHE MUST PREVAIL, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF FAMILY UNITY AND PROGRESS.
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