A Top Ten Finalist for Best Historical Novel, Goodreads Choice Awards, and a LibraryReads and Okra PickA big-hearted coming-of-age debut set in civil rights-era New

Dollbaby: A Novel

A Top Ten Finalist for Best Historical Novel, Goodreads Choice Awards, and a LibraryReads and Okra Pick

A big-hearted coming-of-age debut set in civil rights-era New Orleansâ€”a novel of Southern eccentricity and secrets
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When Ibby Bellâ€™s father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother Fannie and throws in her fatherâ€™s urn for good measure. Fannieâ€™s New Orleans house is like no place Ibby has ever beenâ€”and Fannie, who has a tendency to end up in the local asylumâ€”is like no one she has ever met. Fortunately, Fannieâ€™s black cook, Queenie, and her smart-mouthed daughter, Dollbaby, take it upon themselves to initiate Ibby into the ways of the South, both its grand traditions and its darkest secrets.
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For Fannieâ€™s own family history is fraught with tragedy, hidden behind the closed rooms in her ornate Uptown mansion. It will take Ibbyâ€™s arrival to begin to unlock the mysteries there. And it will take Queenie and Dollbabyâ€™s hard-won wisdom to show Ibby that family can sometimes be found in the least expected places.
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For fans of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt and The Help, Dollbaby brings to life the charm and unrest of 1960s New Orleans through the eyes of a young girl learning to understand race for the first time.
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By turns uplifting and funny, poignant and full of verve, Dollbaby is a novel readers will take to their hearts.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-07-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-07-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Dollbaby: A Novel

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