The Ditchdigger's Daughters
A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
$29.88
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
23 May 2023
Summary
As resonant now as it ever was, this inspiring portrait by a loving daughter of a father whose pervasive common sense, folk wisdom, and untutored but right-on insights gave his children their road map to a better life is ready for a new generation of readers.
“I LOVE YOU BETTER THAN I LOVE LIFE …”
“But I’m not always gonna be around to look after you, and no man’s gonna come along and offer to take care of you because you ain’t light-skinned. That’s why you gotta be able to lo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496739193 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1496739191 |
| Author: | Yvonne S. Thornton |
| Publisher: | Kensington Publishing |
| Imprint: | Kensington Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 23 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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Priase for Yvonne S. Thornton“Dr. Thornton’s story shows that a family that stays together, that holds fast to traditional values, can make a quantum leap up the social mobility scale in one generation.” —Wall Street Journal“Entertaining yet inspiring…a welcome antidote to the many recent books that have shown the underside of growing up black.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer
About The Author
Yvonne S. Thornton
Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D., obtained her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with honors. She is director of the Perinatal Diagnostic Testing Center at Morristown, New Jersey, and an associate physician at Rockefeller University Hospital. She lives with her husband and two children in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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