num_pages: 210
description: Left by her mother in the care of her aunts at the age of seven, Mariah dreams of her mother's return and of the father she has never met, eventually beginning a correspondence with him that leads to a tumultuous visit when she turns fourteen. A first novel.
language: English
title: Soul Kiss
titlecomplete: Soul Kiss
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Queer, LGBT, Lesbian, African American Literature, Young Adult, Novels, Contemporary, African American
ratings_count: 299
places: Los Angeles, California, Georgia
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: The Publishing Triangle Award
category: The Ferro-Grumley Awards
publisher: Riverhead Hardcover