The Persia Cafe

By:

Melany Neilson

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: St. Martin's GriffinDescription: 276 pagesISBN:

9780312289164

DDC classification:

813.54

LOC classification:

PS3564.E348

Summary: Growing up in a small Mississippi River town, Fannie Leary works at the local caf,̌ trying to hold her own in a world of slow expectations and hard boundaries. Dreaming that her cooking will be her ticket out of Persia, she cleaves to Mattie, the irrepressible black woman who runs the kitchen; to Will, the troubled, quiet boy she falls in love with; and eventually to Sheila Jones, a reclusive young girl who has returned with her mother from California to the town after her father's death. But when a young black boy suddenly disappears and the town erupts in violence, she is the only one who can piece their story together. What she uncovers is as unexpected as it is heartbreaking.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Lake Chapala Society	TP NEIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		45716

Growing up in a small Mississippi River town, Fannie Leary works at the local caf,̌ trying to hold her own in a world of slow expectations and hard boundaries. Dreaming that her cooking will be her ticket out of Persia, she cleaves to Mattie, the irrepressible black woman who runs the kitchen; to Will, the troubled, quiet boy she falls in love with; and eventually to Sheila Jones, a reclusive young girl who has returned with her mother from California to the town after her father's death. But when a young black boy suddenly disappears and the town erupts in violence, she is the only one who can piece their story together. What she uncovers is as unexpected as it is heartbreaking.

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