Description: 1st Books library, 2001,Near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket, inscribed by the author on title page, 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 from this perspective.
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Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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Book Title: Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Detroit, Memoir
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Inscribed: Yes
Type: Autobiography
Features: Signed, Dust Jacket
Illustrator: photo
Vintage: No
Original Language: English
Author: Marvin V. Arnett
Book Series: none
Publication Year: 2001
Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Signed: Yes
Signed By: Marvin Arnett
Publisher: 1st books
Edition: First Edition
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
