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      Rattlebone

      by Maxine Clair
      Published
      Jun 1994
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      Too long unavailable, this luminous classic of small-town life in the segregated 1950s has "magic dust sprinkled over each and every page" (Veronica Chambers, New York Times Book Review).

      Irene Wilson knows that a "no-name invisible something" has settled over her parents' marriage and suspects her glamorous new teacher is to blame. Irene is not alone in her suspicions. In Rattlebone, a small Black town outside Kansas City in the segregated 1950s, secrets are hard to keep and growing up is a community affair.

      As Irene is initiated into adult passion and loss, her family story takes its place in a tightly woven tapestry of neighbors whose griefs and joys are as vivid as her own. Rattlebone is a one-of-a-kind triumph of American fiction, one that captures an entire world through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine.

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      Jun 1995 Penguin ISBN13 9780140248258 ISBN10 0140248250
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      First Edition Jun 1994 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374247164 ISBN10 0374247161
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      Jun 1995 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9781417636402 ISBN10 1417636408
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      Feb 2004 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606300049 ISBN10 060630004X
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