Fatheralong: A Meditation on Fathers and Sons, Race and SocietyBy the author of Brothers and Keepers. This memoir is the story of an American family. Wrestling himself free from racial ideology, Wideman engages his family, past and present, in order to understand who he is today and to heal familial wounds. |
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Fatheralong: A Meditation on Fathers and Sons, Race and Society John Edgar Wideman No preview available - 1996 |
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