num_pages: 304
description: Nothing can mend a broken heart quite like family. Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most important, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes her to dig into her family's past. Like many family histories, it is fractured and stubbornly reluctant to reveal its secrets; but Sherry is determined to know the full story. In just a few days' time, her extended family will gather for a reunion, and Sherry sets off across the country with her mother, Dumpling, to join them. What Sherry and Dumpling find on their trip is far more important than scenic sites here and there--it is the assorted pieces of their family's past. Pulled together, they reveal a history of amazing survival and abundant joy.
language: English
title: Nowhere Is a Place
titlecomplete: Nowhere Is a Place
genres: Historical, Black Literature, Southern, African American, Family, Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1986
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Dutton Adult