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Lizzie Skurnick Books
November 2013
On Sale: November 11, 2013
160 pages
ISBN: 1939601029
EAN: 9781939601025
Kindle: B00E2580CY
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Young Adult | Childrens
One morning, six-year old Sonny is awoken by his crying
mother, who tells him that, come tomorrow morning, they are
leaving to go to "Gran'mom's" house—without Sonny's father,
Eddie. Later that morning, Sonny witnesses a fight between
his parents, which revolves around his father having stayed
out late the night before because his car had broken down.
Eddie has apparently been neglecting his wife and son,
devoting his free time instead to repairing his old car. In
order to win back his wife, Eddie—with Sonny in tow—pays a
visit to Madame Toussaint, an old lady knowledgeable in the
ways of voodoo, who tells Eddie that the only way to save
his marriage is by burning his car to the ground. This
unforgettable story leads the reader through an eventful day
on a Southern sugarcane plantation, and shows, through the
eyes of a child, what life was like in the rural South of
the 1940s. This new edition of A Long Day in November
features Ernest J. Gaines's original introduction, as well
as the black-and-white illustrations that accompanied the
first edition of the book.
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