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03258aam a22004694i 4500 001 2E8330E2D8E611E8A110280897128E48 003 SILO 005 20181026011256 008 180513t20182018nyu 000 0aeng c 010 $a 2018001572 020 $a 1501167952 020 $a 9781501167959 020 $a 1501167944 020 $a 9781501167942 035 $a (OCoLC)1044641636 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d XZ9 $d CCPLG $d JTH $d UAP $d VP@ $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ms 050 00 $a E185.93.M6 $b C55 2018 082 00 $a 305.8009762 $2 23 100 1 $a Clark, Tena, $e author. 245 10 $a Southern discomfort : $b a memoir / $c Tena Clark. 264 1 $a New York : $b Touchstone, $c 2018. 300 $a 296 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Tena Clark was born in 1953 in a tiny Mississippi town close to the Alabama border, where the legacy of slavery and racial injustice still permeated every aspect of life. On the outside, Tena's childhood looked like a fairytale. Her father was one of the richest men in the state; her mother was a regal beauty. The family lived on a sprawling farm and had the only swimming pool in town; Tena was given her first car--a royal blue Camaro--at twelve. But behind closed doors, Tena's life was deeply lonely, and chaotic. By the time she was three, her parents' marriage had dissolved into a swamp of alcohol, rampant infidelity, and guns. Adding to the turmoil, Tena understood from a very young age that she was different from her three older sisters, all of whom had been beauty queens and majorettes. Tena knew she didn't want to be a majorette--she wanted to marry one. On Tena's tenth birthday, her mother, emboldened by alcoholism and enraged by her husband's incessant cheating, walked out for good, instantly becoming an outcast in society. Tena was left in the care of her black nanny, Virgie, who became Tena's surrogate mother and confidante--even though she was raising nine of her own children and was not allowed to eat from the family's plates or use their bathroom. It was Virgie's acceptance and unconditional love that gave Tena the courage to stand up to her domineering father, the faith to believe in her mother's love, and the strength to be her true self. Combining the spirit of poignant coming-of-age memoirs such as The Glass Castle and vivid, evocative Southern fiction like Fried Green Tomatoes, Southern Discomfort is about the people and places that shape who we are--and is destined to become a new classic."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Clark, Tena. 650 0 $a African Americans $z Mississippi $v Biography. 651 0 $a Mississippi $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a Mississippi $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 9 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104015453.0 952 $l TWPC862 $d 20230330010722.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310014649.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20210202014335.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717040307.0 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20190221010509.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20181204011701.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20181102011256.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20181026011345.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2E8330E2D8E611E8A110280897128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search