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by Ellen Barker
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ellen BarkerPublish date:4/14/2026Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:She Writes PressISBN-13:9798896361183UPC:9798896361183Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, WomenBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCADW5NTQC
For fans of Catherine Ryan Hyde and Laurie Frankel, a novel of one young woman's post-college foray into the adult realities of landlords, economics, and urban politics, set against the Bicentennial summer of 1976.

It's 1976, the Bicentennial year and a watershed moment in America. The draft, the Vietnam war, Woodstock, and the Summer of Love are long gone. Tie-dye is out, and everyone has cut their hair. The Civil Rights Act has passed, the Equal Rights Amendment is just a few states from ratification, Roe v. Wade is firmly enshrined, and closet doors are creaking open. The sixties have changed the world.

Only they haven't, as Novelle is about to find out.

At this moment, she arrives in St. Louis to start graduate school in economics, a clear-cut field of mathematic problem sets with answers. Except, it's not. Almost immediately, she discovers that Delmar Boulevard is a Great Wall of China separating St. Louis into Black North and white South, and that economics is the mortar between the bricks. She gets caught up in unraveling a plan to "take back" a Black neighborhood that has leaked over the divide. By the time she finishes her degree, she is getting hate mail and death threats. But she's also come into her own as a force for change. A satirical, witty look at a slice of history that still resonates today.
Language:EnglishPublisher:She Writes PressISBN-13:9798896361183UPC:9798896361183Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, WomenBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCADW5NTQC
Ellen Barker grew up in Kansas City during a period of demographic upheaval, and she returns there in her novels. She has a bachelor's degree in urban studies from Washington University in Saint Louis, where she developed a passion for how cities work, and don't. She began her career as an urban planner, then spent many years working for large consulting firms, first as a writer-editor and later managing large data systems. Her volunteer work involves years of pet-assisted therapy with children in "the system," both foster care and prison. She is the author of East of Troost, which introduced readers to the neighborhood where The Breaks takes place, and Still Needs Work, which takes place in the same area. She now lives in Los Altos, California, with her husband and their German shepherd, Boris, who is the inspiration for the dog in this novel.
Publisher: She Writes Press

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