Publication

1995 - Dutton, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

28,250 words, Guess

Page Count

113 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing394966
  • Goodreads1214205

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3573.O64524 A94 1995

Description

Growing up in Brooklyn during the Vietnam War, a young woman witnesses the tearing apart of her family by anger, finances, and the draft, and when her parents fail to offer support and guidance, she struggles with society's mixed messages.

Description

It is the Vietnam era, the "Brady Bunch" era, a time when men walk on the moon and families unravel. Brooklyn pulses with African American and Latino life, a world separated by invisible barriers from the white world. Through the eyes and ears of the unnamed narrator, we come to know - in all its sensuality and brutality - a world that is held together by a young girl's fragile perceptions and cautiously emerging desires. Autobiography of a Family Photo is a coming-to-consciousness, coming-of-age story of a young girl, told with passion and poetry, honesty and clear vision.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • Autobiography of a family photo: a novelHardcoverDutton1995-01-01

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