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Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven
Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven
Author: Dawn Turner Trice
In 1975 young Tempestt Saville and her family are chosen by lottery to "move on up" to Lakeland: one square mile of rich black soil carved out of a Chicago ghetto, cradling sparkling apartment towers where the elite of black professionals live behind a ten-foot-high, ivy-covered fence. But 11-year-old Temmy is drawn to the world outside the fenc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781435242258
ISBN-10: 1435242254
Publication Date: 4/18/2008
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In 1975, Tempestt Saville and her family are chosen by lottery to "move on up" to Lakeland: one square mile of sparkling apartment towers and emerald lawns where the Black elite live sheltered from the ghetto by a ten-foot-tall, ivy-covered wrought-iron fence. Eleven year old Tammy doesn't enjoy the privilege. Instead, she is drawn to the vivid world outside the fence to 35th Street, where the saved and the sinners are both so "done up" you can't tell one from the other.



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