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02223aam a2200361Mi 4500 001 6B0F32B0300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220909010236 008 201222s2020 cau 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2020944035 020 $a 1952427088 020 $a 9781952427084 020 $a 1952427096 020 $a 9781952427091 035 $a (OCoLC)1228169225 040 $a CGP $b eng $e rda $c CGP $d OCLCO $d KAY $d SILO 043 $a n-us-tx 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Edgerton, Leslie, $e author. $9 808090 245 10 $a Hard times / $c Les Edgerton. 264 1 $a Beverly Hills, CA : $b Bronzeville Books, $c [2020] 300 $a 181 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a In 1930s East Texas, fourteen-year-old Amelia Laxault's father insists she marry Arnold Critchin, a local boy who assaulted her on their first date. When Arnold's alcohol-fueled brutality devastates their family, his ineptitude with crops destroys their farm, and his poorly run moonshine business lands him in prison, Amelia struggles to feed her four children as the Depression worsens and a secret from her past looms large. Three hundred miles away, Lucious Tremaine tangles with a white police officer. Fleeing to Houston, a second altercation leaves him with a gunshot wound. Desperate and weak, he makes his way into the backwoods. As Lucious encounters increasing obstacles and Amelia's challenges escalate with Arnold's return from prison-and a visit from her first love, who is now the local sheriff- an explosion looms. Will Lucious make it to Houston? Can Amelia save her children from both starvation and Arnold's increasing, vengeful violence? As the odds stack up and the food runs out, Amelia must summon all her courage, strength, and ingenuity to attempt to save her family. 650 0 $a Prisoners' spouses $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Prisoners' families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Depressions $v Fiction. $9 253654 650 0 $a African Americans $v Fiction. $9 198697 651 0 $a Texas $v Fiction. $9 207819 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft $9 802185 941 $a 1 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063147.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6B0F32B0300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search