The Threshing Floor: Short Stories

The Threshing Floor: Short Stories
ISBN-10
0932379273
ISBN-13
9780932379276
Series
The Threshing Floor
Category
Feminist fiction
Pages
210
Language
English
Published
1986
Author
Barbara Burford

Description

Powerful, well-crafted tales, The cruel realities, dream fantasies, and bitter escapes of Black women.

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