num_pages: 224
description: Set in the fictional town of Rattlebone, Kansas, in the 1950s, these eleven interrelated stories reveal the emotional, financial, and social conflicts that govern the lives of the African Americans who live there. Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award. Author reading tour.
language: English
title: Rattlebone
titlecomplete: Rattlebone
genres: Fiction, African American, Coming Of Age, Race, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Short Stories, Novels
ratings_count: 420
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books