Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt by Marvin Arnett Signed; Black Detroit Memoir

Description: 1st Books library, 2001,Vg soft cover, inscribed by the author on title page, some cover creases, 206 pages."An African American woman's personal account of her life during a racially turbulent period in a northern American city. Raised in a black neighborhood in urban Detroit, Marvin V. Arnett begins her book with her birth during the Great Depression, and ends with the infamous Detroit race riot of 1943. Arnett's close observations and attention to the details of her neighborhood and the complex adult relationships around her make this an understated yet powerful story of witness. " A scarce memoir of Detroit history; there is a distressing lack of Detroit memoirs form this perspective.

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Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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Features: Signed

Format: Softcover

Personalize: No

Illustrator: photo

Topic: Detroit

Book Series: none

Vintage: No

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Ex Libris: No

Edition: First Edition

Language: English

Publication Year: 2001

Book Title: Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt

Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults

Author: Marvin V. Arnett

Original Language: English

Signed By: Marvin Arnett

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Publisher: 1st books

Inscribed: Yes

Signed: Yes

Genre: Biographies & True Stories

Type: Autobiography