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“Wow! Reminded me a bit of Winter's Bone . This is a beautifully written story of heartbreaking events and tortured characters with simple, lovely, happy dreams. ”
— Kimberly • Volumes Bookcafe
Summary
"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?"
New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive.
Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion the worst school disaster in American history as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Ashley Hope Pérez
Narrators:
Benita Robledo & Lincoln Hoppe
ISBN:
9780735289468
Length:
12 hours 30 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:
April 26, 2016
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#16,632 Overall
Genre rank:
#2,059 in Children's