Collection
Publication
Berkley (2011), Edition: Reprint, 544 pages
Description
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Similar in this library
Original publication date
2009-02-10
Awards
Women's Prize for Fiction (Longlist — 2010)
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2011)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2010)
The Morning News Tournament of Books (Quarterfinalist — 2010)
Indies Choice Book Award (Winner — 2010)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2013)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Longlist — Fiction — 2010)
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee — 2014)
Southern Book Prize (Winner — Fiction — 2010)
Townsend Prize for Fiction (Winner — Fiction — 2010)
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (Winner — 2009)
Christian Science Monitor Best Book (Fiction — 2009)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2010)
Language
Original language
English