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Swift River  Cover Image Book Book

Swift River / Essie Chambers.

Chambers, Essie, (author.).

Summary:

In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she's never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.

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  • ISBN: 9781668027912
  • ISBN: 1668027917
  • Physical Description: 294 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Subject: African American women > Fiction.
Multiracial families > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Multiracial people > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 7 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Wasco County Service District. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at The Dalles Wasco County Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
The Dalles Wasco County Library CHAMB (Text) 33892007025928 New Books Checked out 04/23/2025

Summary: In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she's never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.

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