Elsewhere, California
By: Dana Johnson
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Thorndike Press large print African-American; Thorndike Press large print African-American series
Publisher: Thorndike Press/Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Waterville, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781410454195
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Cousins; African American families; Fiction
Description: We first met Avery in Dana Johnson's award-winning collection Break Any Woman Down. As a young girl, she and her family escape the violent streets of Los Angeles to suburban West Covina. Then her cousin Keith moves in and triggers a series of events that will follow Avery throughout her life: to her studies at USC, to her career as an artist, and into her relationship with a wealthy Italian in the Hollywood Hills. Elsewhere, California illustrates the complicated history of African Americans across the rolling basin of Los Angeles.