Lorene Cary

• Feb-1992
• / General Fiction
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In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for fu...

• Jun-1995
• / General Fiction
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An intimate, gripping novel of the antebellum Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwoman -- a debut novel from the author of the “stunning memoir” Black Ice (New York Times)."A stunning achievement ... a de...

• Jan-1999
• / General Fiction
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Four women, lifelong friends, are turning 40--and what a year it is.Roz, the perfectly controlled (and controlling) politician's wife, is trying to keep her family together as she recovers from breast cancer and her husband runs for the biggest elect...

• Jul-2006
• / Historical
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Stories based upon actual incidents of Black people escaping from chattel slavery. Lorene Cary adapted these tales from narratives and records that were first told by William Still who was one of the key organizers of the underground railroad. The st...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Called a "well-paced, entertaining novel woven of many strands" by Kirkus Reviews and "a powerful take on family, history" by The Philadelphia Tribune, Lorene Cary's brilliantly rendered tour de force explores the enduring bonds of blood, love, and t...