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Dear Denise : letters to the sister I never knew

McNair, Lisa 1964- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0817321357 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780817321352 (hardcover)
Physical Description: viii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print
Publisher: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Sister I Never Knew -- Our Baby Sister -- Your Death Left Much Sorrow -- What a Difference a Year Makes -- Our Lineage Is a Strong One -- School Days -- Have Mamma and Daddy Gone Crazy? -- Not So Bad -- Church Life -- Thinking White -- High School Was Painful -- Buried Pain Will Come Up Again -- More Messed-Up Thinking -- The Year of the Debutante -- Bama -- Suicidal Thoughts -- The Family Business -- The Trials -- 4 Little Girls -- Justice -- Tracey -- Reconciliation -- Church Can Be a Painful Place -- White Church -- Unlucky at Love -- I Was the Wrong Color -- Getting Along -- What Does It Mean to Be Called a White Girl? -- Serving All the People -- Daddy's Dilemma -- Dogs Have Always Been My Closest Friends -- Crazy Stuff People Say -- Glory -- 9/11 -- Racial Issues -- Our Black Heritage -- We Aren't So Different -- Daddy Is with You Now -- Comfortable in My Own Skin -- So Long for Now -- The 4 Little Girls Memorial Fund -- The Morgan Project -- Sojourn into the Past.