Brass Ankle Blues: A Novel
 

Brass Ankle Blues: A Novel

by Rachel M. Harper

"When I was seven I told my father that I wanted to grow up to be invisible."

As a young woman of mixed race, Nellie Kincaid is about to encounter the strange, unsettling summer of her fifteenth year. Reeling from the recent separation of her parents, Nellie finds herself traveling to the family's lake house with only her father and her estranged cousin, leaving behind the life and... (read more)

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melorock
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Oh I really enjoyed this book. A sweet coming of age and race story.

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chelmck
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I started reading this book and had high expectations for it, unfortunately, it just didn't hold my attention. I stopped reading mid-book. Maybe one day I'll revisit it with better results.

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