Bibliograph

Quilt of souls, a memoir, by Phyllis Biffle Elmore

Type

Label

Quilt of souls, a memoir, by Phyllis Biffle Elmore

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsgenealogical tables

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Quilt of souls

Oclc number

1300756860

Responsibility statement

by Phyllis Biffle Elmore

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

"A memoir of a Detroit child raised in Alabama by her grandmother, whose storytelling and quilt-making open up a world of drama, passion, and African American identity"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

City girl going country -- The country -- Courageous Ella -- Cooter -- Livingstone -- Bethel Hill -- Miss Daisy -- G.C. -- Two peas in a pod -- Mama Nall -- Miss Jubilee -- 'Twixt Laurel and Livin'ston -- Bessie's wrath -- No sugarcoating -- The big reveal -- Reunion -- Broken -- Fixed -- Transpired -- Days of reckoning -- A season of loss and remembrance

Target audience

adult

Classification