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Returning to her Ohio hometown to work as "artist in residence" at a local school, puppeteer Virginia King is forced to confront her memories of her own childhood, racial bigotry, family, and growing up
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A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, about an artist on a journey of self-discovery—navigating a family secret, racism, and the conflict between marriage and career.“Skillfully evokes the mood of a decade when social change seemed not only possible but imminent.” —Washington Post Book WorldWhen a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means grappling with artistic ambition, memories of rejected love, and shocking truths about her family.
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