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If Beale Street Could Talk

By James Baldwin

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Tish is expecting a child when Fonny, the man she plans to marry, is jailed on a wrongful accusation. She tells the story of their courtship alongside her family’s efforts to bring him home. Baldwin lets everyday conversations and gestures of care show what the criminal legal system puts at risk.

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Edition and subjects

ISBN-13
9780440340607
Publisher
Dell
Edition date
1988
First published
1974