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Crumbs from the Table of Joy

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From the pen of the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! The Crump family is adrift and in trouble. Recently widowed Godfrey is under the spell of Sweet Father Divine, while his teen daughters, Ernestine and Ermina, immerse themselves in the illusions of Hollywood to escape racial prejudice in 1950 s Brooklyn. But things change quickly when free-spirited Aunt Lily shows up: Godfrey remarries a white woman, Ermina discovers boys, and Ernestine is torn between communism and bebop!

Language: English

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Release: October 01, 1998

ISBN: 0822215721

ISBN 13: 9780822215721

Crumbs from the Table of Joy

3.5/5 ( ratings)

From the pen of the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! The Crump family is adrift and in trouble. Recently widowed Godfrey is under the spell of Sweet Father Divine, while his teen daughters, Ernestine and Ermina, immerse themselves in the illusions of Hollywood to escape racial prejudice in 1950 s Brooklyn. But things change quickly when free-spirited Aunt Lily shows up: Godfrey remarries a white woman, Ermina discovers boys, and Ernestine is torn between communism and bebop!

Language: English

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Release: October 01, 1998

ISBN: 0822215721

ISBN 13: 9780822215721

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