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In My Father's House

Published
Apr 1978
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General Fiction General Fiction
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224

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A compelling novel of a man brought to reckon with his buried past...

In St. Adrienne, a small black community in Louisiana, Reverend Phillip Martin—a respected minister and civil rights leader—comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person of Robert X, a young, unkempt stranger who arrives in town for a mysterious "meeting" with the Reverend.  

In the confrontation between the two, the young man's secret burden explodes into the open, and Phillip Martin begins a long-neglected journey into his youth to discover how destructive his former life was, for himself and for those around him.

"…on every page there's an authentic moment, or a dead-right knot of conversation, or a truer-than-true turn of phrase…"—Kirkus Reviews

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Jul 1992 Vintage ISBN 0679727914
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Oct 1983 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393301249
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First Edition Apr 1978 Knopf ISBN 0394479386
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Oct 2012 Vintage ISBN B009JU6TFC
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Oct 2012 Knopf ISBN 0307830373
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Jan 1978 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN 081616648X
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