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Five Smooth Stones
Five Smooth Stones
Author: Ann Fairbairn
This is the story of David Champlin, a Negro born in the depths of Depression poverty in New Orleans, who makes his way up via Harvard and Oxford to a position of importance in the legal profession, returns to the South to become a leader and help his people. When his grandfather dies in a racist street attack, David goes South to pick up the bi...  more »
ISBN: 204037
Publication Date: 1966
Pages: 853
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Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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SutterTom avatar reviewed Five Smooth Stones on + 191 more book reviews
A remarkable and moving story of the love between a white women & a black man in mid 20th century American. A monumental novel of a forbidden love.
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This really was an excellent read...though a bit slow in parts and a little long. If you have any humanity, this book will make you so angry and so sad. It's not specifically a love story, but a commentary on an ugly time in our country's history concerning prejudice during the 1940's-1960's...the struggles and ugliness that (sadly) still exist in some areas of the U.S.


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