Absalom's Daughters (31 page)

They fit nicely, and in the glance of light from the kitchen window, the images there from a century ago reflected in black and white.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

S
UZANNE
F
ELDMAN
, a recipient of the
Missouri Review
's Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize and a finalist for the Bakeless Prize in fiction, holds an MA in fiction from Johns Hopkins University and a BFA in art from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the author of award-winning science fiction titles such as
Speaking Dreams
and
The Annunciate
, published under the pen name Severna Park. Her short fiction has appeared in
Narrative
,
The Missouri Review
,
Gargoyle
, and other literary journals. She lives in Frederick, Maryland. You can sign up for email updates
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Epigraph

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

About the Author

Copyright

 

A
BSALOM'S
D
AUGHTERS.
Copyright © 2016 by Suzanne Feldman. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by Lynn Buckley

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

 

Feldman, Suzanne, 1958–

Absalom's daughters: a novel / Suzanne Feldman.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-62779-453-4 (hardcover)—ISBN 978-1-62779-454-1 (electronic book)

1.  African American girls—Fiction.    2.  Sisters—Fiction.    3.  Racially-mixed people—Fiction.    4.  Family life—Fiction.    I.  Title.

PS3606.E38685A38  2016

813'.6—dc23

2015029160

First Edition: July 2016

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.