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Penumbra
Penumbra
Author: Carolyn Haines
Jade Dupree is a beautician and undertaker's assistant, and her work with the dead is not the only thing that sets her apart from the rest of Drexel, Mississippi. Jade was raised by a black family but everyone in town knows that her real parents are a well-to-do white woman and a black man who had an affair in New Orleans. — In the 1950s, tha...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312351601
ISBN-10: 0312351607
Publication Date: 4/4/2006
Pages: 304
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Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Type: Hardcover
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If you enjoy Carolyn Haines "Bones" series, you'll love Penumbra. Set in the south in the 60s, it keeps you guessing right till the end. The social climate plays a big part without over-shadowing the story. Jade is a very likeable character and I hope we hear more from her.


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