Doll-baby
of Laura Lane McNeal (Goodreads Author)
Description
When Ibby Bellâs father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother Fannie and throws in her fatherâs urn for good measure. Fannieâs New Orleans house is like no place Ibby has ever beenâand Fannie, who has a tendency to end up in the local asylumâis like no one she has ever met. Fortunately, Fannieâs black cook, Queenie, and her smart-mouthed daughter, Dollbaby, take it upon themselves to initiate Ibby into the ways of the South, both its grand traditions and its darkest secrets. For Fannieâs own family history is fraught with tragedy, hidden behind the closed rooms in her ornate Uptown mansion. It will take Ibbyâs arrival to begin to unlock the mysteries there. And it will take Queenie and Dollbabyâs hard-won wisdom to show Ibby that family can sometimes be found in the least expected places. For fans of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt and The Help, Dollbaby brings to life the charm and unrest of 1960s New Orleans through the eyes of a young girl learning to understand race for the first time. By turns uplifting and funny, poignant and full of verve, Dollbaby is a novel readers will take to their hearts.A Top Ten Finalist for Best Historical Novel, Goodreads Choice Awards, and a LibraryReads and Okra PickA big-hearted coming-of-age debut set in civil rights-era New Orleansâa novel of Southern eccentricity and secrets
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 337 pages
- Publisher Pamela Dorman Books
- Publication Date July 3rd 2014
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780670014736
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['New Orleans, Louisiana (United States)', 'Louisiana (United States)']
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