The Dry Grass of August: A Moving Southern Coming of Age Novel by Anna Jean Mayhew, Anna Jean Mayhew
The Dry Grass of August: A Moving Southern Coming of Age Novel

Anna Jean Mayhew, Anna Jean Mayhew

The Dry Grass of August: A Moving Southern Coming of Age Novel

Anna Jean Mayhew, Anna Jean Mayhew

304 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

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On a scorching day in August 1954, thirteen-year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family’s black maid, M...

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