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The prospects for a 12-year-old girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s are somewhat limited. As Francie Coffin learns, you either sell your body, wash other people's clothes, run poker games or have a baby every year. This is the story of her triumph of integrity in the world of ghetto life.
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| ISBN: | 9781860492327 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown |
| Imprint: | Virago |
| Pub date: | 06 Feb 1997 |
| DEWEY: | 813.54 |
| DEWEY edition: | 21 |
| Number of pages: | 208 |
| Weight: | 171g |
| Height: | 198mm |
| Width: | 126mm |
| Spine width: | 17mm |
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