
1997
First Published
4.23
Average Rating
152
Number of Pages
The story of twenty-eight-year-old Chicago-born Lorraine Hansberry, whose 1959 Broadway play skyrocketed her to fame, describes the background of her times, her remarkable family, and the outside forces that made her the courageous and beautiful woman she was.
Avg Rating
4.23
Number of Ratings
13
5 STARS
46%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
8%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
0%
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Author

Patricia C. McKissack
Author · 63 books
Patricia C. McKissack was the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book).