Thompson, Maxine
Summary: Hailing from the inner city of Detroit, sixteen-year-old Justine Wright, a Black teen, goes to live with a white family, the Barretts, in an all-white town, dubbed “The City,” located in Northern Michigan. The year is 1967—a segregated time in history punctuated by the explosive Detroit riots and the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination. Justine takes part in an experiment, which, initially is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Butterfly Press 0000
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Summary: There’s a commonwealth, but wealth is not common | The atmosphere is charged with a wrought-iron energy that feels like omnipresence. There’s a taste of hyper-vigilance on the tongue, bathing the flesh and forcing me to stand still for a shortened second. Moving into flight, the stairway is travelled as quick as the speed of light, but the body moves according to time... | Thirty-something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maxine Thompson 0000
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Summary: Exposing the effects of Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the experience of a woman. Readers will face a raw condition of heart and mind, written at a time of fear. Dealing with individual and interpersonal insecurities, exposure to narcissistic personality disorder and toxic office politics, this is a modern day survival story where the undercurrent - an employment and socially...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Maxine Thompson] 2014