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Author:

Farish, Terry.

Title:

The good braider : a novel / Terry Farish.

Publisher:

Marshall Cavendish,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

221 p. : map ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Refugees--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Sudan--Civil War, 1983-2005--Civil War, 1983-2005--Fiction.
Portland (Me.)--Fiction.

Summary:

Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.

ISBN:

0761462678
9780761462675

LCCN:

2011033659

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

0YSX353 -- Hampton-Dumont High School (Hampton)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)