The chinaberry tree
a novel of American life
by Jessie Redmon Fauset
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The Chinaberry Tree (1931), Fauset's third novel, is a tale of the lives and loves of two generations of African-American women. Its seemingly quiet small-town setting is the backdrop for such bold and explosive issues as adultery, incest, miscegenation, lust, envy, and deception.
The story focuses on two women: Laurentine Strange, the beautiful daughter of a common-law interracial union, tormented by the idea that life has passed her by because of her "bad blood"; and her cousin Melissa Paul, a self-confident teenager to whom even darker secrets are revealed.
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Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life
2013, Dover Publications, Incorporated
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The chinaberry tree: a novel of American life & selected writings
1995, Northweastern University Press
in English
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The chinaberry tree: a novel of American life
1995, G.K. Hall, Prentice Hall International
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The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life
June 1980, Beaufort Books
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0405185030 9780405185038
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The chinaberry tree: a novel of American life
1969, Negro Universities Press
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0837119197 9780837119199
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiii-xxxiv).
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