1997 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Best Novel (nominee)
1996 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction for Best Book (nominee)
A brilliant, eye-opening, and critically acclaimed debut novel that follows a young black girl's coming of age as she comes to question the legacies of her family and culture and begins to determine her course for the future.
Genre: General Fiction
Genre: General Fiction
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