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House of cotton / Monica Brashears.

Brashears, Monica, (author.).

Summary:

"Nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan, Magnolia doesn't have much to look forward to. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, by her predatory landlord, by the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around. He offers her a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral home. Magnolia accepts. But despite things looking up, Magnolia's problems fatten along with her wallet. When Cotton's requests become increasingly weird, Magnolia discovers there's a lot more at stake than just her rent. Sharp as a belted knife, this sly social commentary cuts straight to the bone, revealing the aftermath of the American plantation and what it means to be poor, Black, and a woman in the God fearing south. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250851918
  • ISBN: 1250851912
  • Physical Description: 292 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2023.
Subject: African American women > Fiction.
Poor women > Fiction.
Bereavement > Fiction.
Undertakers and undertaking > Fiction.
Spirits > Fiction.
Funeral homes > Fiction.
Modeling > Fiction.
Women, Black > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Psychic trauma > Fiction.
Southern States > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 19 of 20 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Festus Public Library Fic Brashears (Text) 32017000083966 Adult Fiction Available -

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