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3.4/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date 1999 ISBN 0-316-14423-1 Originally published 1999 Genre Novel Country United States of America | 3.5/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 251 pp Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21 Publisher Little, Brown and Company OCLC 40683410 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Similar Angels Make Their Hope Here, Songs in Ordinary Time, Mother of Pearl, A Virtuous Woman, What Looks Like Crazy on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
River, Cross My Heart is a debut novel by Breena Clarke. It was chosen in October 1999 as an Oprah Book Club selection: "This highly accomplished first novel resonates with ideas, impassioned lyricism, and poignant historical detail as it captures an essential part of the African-American experience in our century."
Plot introduction
After the Potomac River claims the death by drowning of eight-year-old Clara Bynum, her family leave the rural world of North Carolina in search of a better life among friends and relatives in Georgetown, Washington, DC. They seek to come to terms with their loss.
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