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Author:
Farish, Terry, author.
Title:
Good braider : a novel / Terry Farish.
Publisher:
Skyscape,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
221 pages : map ; 18 cm
Subject:
Civil War (Sudan : 1983-)
Immigrants--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Fiction.
Portland (Me.)--Fiction.
Immigrants.
Mothers and daughters.
Refugees.
Sudanese Americans.
Maine--Portland.
Sudan.
Fiction.
History.
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:
9781477816288
1477816283
OCLC:
(OCoLC)858731195
Locations:
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)
PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

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