Only twice I've wished for heaven.
Only twice I've wished for heaven.
Alternate Title
:
Only twice I have wished for heaven
By
:
Trice, Dawn Turner.
Publication Date
:
1996
Subject Term
:
African Americans -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Summary
:
In 1975, Tempestt Saville and her family are chosen by lottery to "move on up" to Lakeland: one square mile of sparkling apartment towers and emerald lawns where the Black elite live sheltered from the ghetto by a ten-foot-tall, ivy-covered wrought-iron fence. Eleven-year-old Temmy doesn't enjoy the privilege, however, and thinks Lakeland is the "kingdom of the drab." Instead, she is drawn to the vivid world outside the fence: to 35th Street, where the saved and the sinners are both so "done up" you can't tell one from the other. Tempestt's curiosity soon leads her down a dangerous path, however, and after witnessing the death of a friend, she sets into motion a chain of events that will send 35th Street up in flames.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780385491235
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Labrador City (LLC) M. Butt | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC TRI | Checked In |