Raise Up a Child: Human Development in an African-American Family

by Wendy Haight, Edith V.P. Hudley, Peggy J. Miller

Book Overview

Edith Hudley is an African-American grandmother who was born poor in rural Texas in 1920. In this beguiling book she tells how, through many vicissitudes, she achieved a better life for herself, her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0925065471
• ISBN13: 9780925065476
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Lyceum Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

uplifting

Hudley gives her life story. Growing up in 1920s rural Texas as a black girl. Through the long intervening decades, she endured hardship and discrimination. Yet her narrative remains unbowed and unafflicted. Granted, the prose is somewhat unedited, yielding a raw quality that could deter a reader. But others might find this very rawness adding authenticity to the pages. The tone is uplifting.