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The dry grass of august by anna jean mayhew book resume. Jubie narrates the story of this period when her family went from being picture perfect complete with a nice house in charlotte, north. Anna jean mayhew discusses her first novel, the dry grass of august, and what inspired her to start writing relatively late in life. Clicking on the buy it now link will cause you to leave the library download platform website. A girl comes of age in the tumultuous 1950s south in mayhews strong debut.
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In this beautifully written debut, anna jean mayhew offers a riveting depiction of southern life in the throes of segregation and what it will mean. The dry grass of august by anna jean mayhew l summary. The reader is introduced to the watts family which consists of paula watts and her husband william. June, also known as jubie, is thirteen years old and the second child of four. Buy dry grass of august, the by mayhew, anna jean from amazons fiction books store. The dry grass of august by anna jean mayhew rakuten kobo. A few months earlier, the supreme court of the united states had ruled on the case, brown v. The irishmans daughter add to cart the irishmans daughter by v. Board of education decision, yearold jubie watts of charlotte and her fractured, puzzling family take a vacation for the first time without jubies.
As in her fine first novel, the dry grass of august, mayhew plumbed her considerable imaginative and empathic gifts along with meticulous research to create vivid. The pilot southern pines, north carolina deeply felt, lasting relationships formed in the mid20th century south between white families and the africanamerican women. Anna jean mayhew draws from her charlotte roots and builds on the long tradition of north carolina storytelling in this stunning comingofage debut. Dry grass is wellwritten, though not as lyrical as secret life. In 1957 something happened that changed the way i saw things.
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