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Zala Spencer is barely surviving on the margins of Atlanta’s booming economy when she awakens one summer’s morning in 1980 to find her teenage son, Sonny, has disappeared. Edited by Toni Morrison as part of Bambara’s final novel, ‘Those Bones Are Not My Child’, this slim masterpiece leaves us with an enduring and revelatory chronicle of an American nightmare.

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At once a gripping thriller and a heartbreaking elegy, this is Toni Cade Bambara’s powerful final testament, a hymn to Atlanta’s missing children.

Zala Spencer is barely surviving on the margins of Atlanta’s booming economy when she awakens one summer’s morning in 1980 to find her teenage son, Sonny, has disappeared. As she takes to the streets to track down what happened to him, Zala is drawn into the nightmare of a city stalked by fear.

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Weight 0.088 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 13 × 1 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

112

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K