The good negress:

A 12-year-old black girl living with a grandmother in rural Virginia is summoned by her mother to Detroit to clean house and cook while the mother has another baby. The girl is bright and becomes the protegee of a schoolteacher, but her efforts to improve herself create conflict with her mother'...

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Main Author: Verdelle, A. J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, NC Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1995
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Summary:A 12-year-old black girl living with a grandmother in rural Virginia is summoned by her mother to Detroit to clean house and cook while the mother has another baby. The girl is bright and becomes the protegee of a schoolteacher, but her efforts to improve herself create conflict with her mother's needs of her as a housekeeper. A first novel.
Physical Description:298 S.
ISBN:156512085X

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