The Air Between Us

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Air Between UsISBN13:9780061255588ISBN10:0061255580Author:Johnson, Deborah (Author)Description:Revere, Mississippi, With Its Population Of 20,000 And Sinking, Is Not Unlike Most Southern Towns In The 1960S Blacks Live On One Side Of Town And Whites On The Other The Two Rarely Mix Or So Everyone Believes But The Truth Is Brought To The Forefront When Critter, Who Is Only Ten, Black And Barely Tall Enough To See Over The Dashboard, Drives Billy Ray--Wounded In A Suspicious Hunting Accident--To The Segregated Doctor's Hospital Dr Cooper Connelly, The Town's Most High-Profile Resident, Assures Billy Ray's Family He'll Be Fine He Dies, However, And Most People Assume It Is Just A Typical Hunting Accident--Until The Sheriff Orders An Investigation Suddenly The Connections Between White And Black Are Revealed To Be Deeper Than Anyone Expects, Which Makes The Town's Struggle With Integration That Much More Complicated And Consuming Dr Connelly Takes An Unexpectedly Progressive View Toward Integration; The Esteemed Dr Reese Jackson, Who Is So Prominent That Even Ebony Has Profiled Him, Tries To Stay Above The Fray At Times, It Seems The Town's Only Distraction Is The Racially Ambiguous Madame Melba, A Fortune-Teller And Voyeur With A Past With Endearing, Fully Realized Characters And A Mystery That Will Keep Readers Guessing Until The Final Page, The Air Between Us Will Keep You Engrossed Until The End Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Amistad PressPublication Date:2009-03-24Weight:0.4 lbsDimensions:0.9'' H x 7.9'' L x 5.3'' WNumber of Pages:328Language:English

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