Title: Soul kiss
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.
Subjects: African American families, African American women, African Americans, Fiction, Noirs américains, Bildungsromans, Familles noires américaines, Noires américaines, Romans, nouvelles, Fiction, general, Georgia, fiction, African americans, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist
Places: Georgia