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Meet Me Halfway: Milwaukee Stories
Jennifer Morales
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Description for Meet Me Halfway: Milwaukee Stories
Paperback. When an African American teen suffers a serious accident in the home of his white neighbor, his community must find ways to bridge divisions between black and white, gay and straight, old and young. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 250 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
When Johnquell, an African American teen, suffers a serious accident in the home of his white neighbor, Mrs. Czernicki, his community must find ways to bridge divisions between black and white, gay and straight, old and young. Set in one of the nation’s most highly segregated cities—Milwaukee, Wisconsin—Meet Me Halfway tells stories of connections in a community with a tumultuous and divided past. In nine stories told from diverse perspectives, Jennifer Morales captures a Rust Belt city’s struggle to establish a common ground and a collective vision of the future.
Morales gives life to multifaceted characters—white schoolteachers and senior ... Read more
When Johnquell, an African American teen, suffers a serious accident in the home of his white neighbor, Mrs. Czernicki, his community must find ways to bridge divisions between black and white, gay and straight, old and young. Set in one of the nation’s most highly segregated cities—Milwaukee, Wisconsin—Meet Me Halfway tells stories of connections in a community with a tumultuous and divided past. In nine stories told from diverse perspectives, Jennifer Morales captures a Rust Belt city’s struggle to establish a common ground and a collective vision of the future.
Morales gives life to multifaceted characters—white schoolteachers and senior ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Madison, United States
ISBN
9780299303648
SKU
V9780299303648
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jennifer Morales
Jennifer Morales lived for more than twenty years in Milwaukee, USA, where she raised children and served on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors—the first Latino/a elected to it. She earned her MFA from Antioch University–Los Angeles, USA. She now lives in Viroqua, Wisconsin, and is a board member of the Council for Wisconsin Writers and the Driftless Writing Center. ... Read more
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