Roxanna Slade
By: Reynolds Price.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: City and town life -- Fiction; Older women -- Fiction; North Carolina -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; Domestic fiction
First sentence: Every time somebody calls me a saint, I repeat my name and tell them no saint was ever named Roxy.
Description: From book jacket: Roxanna begins her story on her 20th birthday -- a day that introduces her to the harsh realities of adulthood and changes the course of her life forever. From this day on, Roxanna is quick to share with the reader the intimate details of 90 years of life in North Carolina. While she rarely leaves the small town of her youth, Roxanna's vision of the world is shaped by intense passions and loyalties and the certain tragedies of a life long lived. ... And her beguiling tale is one that boldly reflects the high and low moments in the development of the modern South and the nation ...