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Chewed Water: A Memoir by Aishah Rahman β€” book cover

Chewed Water: A Memoir

by Aishah Rahman, Amiri Baraka (Afterword), Jill Nelson
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Overview

Playwright Aishah Rahman, born Virginia Hughes, writes a poignant account of events marking her first 18 years growing up in Harlem as the foster child of a troubled woman. Chewed Water vividly weaves the complex relationship between a young girl and her foster mother, simultaneously evoking a vital neighborhood that still preserved some of the glory of the Harlem Renaissance while it also began to stumble under the burdens of racism, poverty, and drugs.

Synopsis

A bittersweet memoir of a girlhood in Harlem in the 40s and 50s.

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Book Details

Published
October 1, 2001
Publisher
University Press of New England
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781584651437

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