Publication

2003 - Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Language

English

Word Count

53,250 words, Guess

Page Count

213 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100807128651
  • ISBN-139780807128657
  • Goodreads446341
  • LibraryThing3575583
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002042857
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780807128657
  • Open LibraryOL3566376M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3563.A39 S8 2003
  • LCCPS3563.A39S8 2003

Description

Such Was the Season is the story of an eventful week in the life of an elderly matriarch of a large black family in Atlanta. Annie Eliza narrates the story of "a killer diller" week, with the homecoming of her nephew, Adam "Juneboy" North, a doctor at Yale who has been gone for more than twenty-five years. Following her nephew's arrival Annie Eliza's daughter-in-law declares her intention to run for a seat in the state senate, which is soon disrupted by the threat of scandal involving someone close to her.

First Sentence

Last week was a killer-diller!

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Series Statement

  • Voices of the South

Other Editions

  • Such was the seasonLouisiana State University Press2003

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