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LocationOakland
Call NoF BRA
TitleHouse of cotton / Monica Brashears.
AuthorBrashears, Monica, author.
Barcode528239
CollectionFiction
Summary"Nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan, Magnolia doesn't have much to look forward to. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, by her predatory landlord, by the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around. He offers her a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral home. Magnolia accepts. But despite things looking up, Magnolia's problems fatten along with her wallet. When Cotton's requests become increasingly weird, Magnolia discovers there's a lot more at stake than just her rent. Sharp as a belted knife, this sly social commentary cuts straight to the bone, revealing the aftermath of the American plantation and what it means to be poor, Black, and a woman in the God fearing south. Impossible to put down, Brashears's House of Cotton will keep you mesmerized until the very last page"-- Provided by publisher.
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LocationStatusBarcodeCall NoCollectionShelf LocCirc Status
Oakland 528239F BRAFiction Available

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781250851918 : $27.99
International Standard Book Number 1250851912 : $27.99
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6 23/eng/20220815
Personal Name Brashears, Monica, author.
Title Statement House of cotton / Monica Brashears.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Flatiron Books, 2023.
Physical Description 292 p. Hardcover 25 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. "Nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan, Magnolia doesn't have much to look forward to. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, by her predatory landlord, by the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around. He offers her a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral home. Magnolia accepts. But despite things looking up, Magnolia's problems fatten along with her wallet. When Cotton's requests become increasingly weird, Magnolia discovers there's a lot more at stake than just her rent. Sharp as a belted knife, this sly social commentary cuts straight to the bone, revealing the aftermath of the American plantation and what it means to be poor, Black, and a woman in the God fearing south. Impossible to put down, Brashears's House of Cotton will keep you mesmerized until the very last page"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Bereavement Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African American women Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Spirits Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Undertakers and undertaking Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Poor women Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft