203 pages • first pub 1997 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 978O571362929
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber Faber
Publication date: 18 February 2021
Description
As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie Smith someone with whom she could identify and idolize. Her fascinating and extraordinary Outline mixes fact and fiction, poetry and prose as she relates the tempestuous life ...
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203 pages • first pub 1997 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 978O571362929
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber Faber
Publication date: 18 February 2021
Description
As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie Smith someone with whom she could identify and idolize. Her fascinating and extraordinary Outline mixes fact and fiction, poetry and prose as she relates the tempestuous life ...
Community Reviews Summary of 18 reviews
Moods
reflective 100%
sad 50%
emotional 25%
Pace
medium 25%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence