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Lifetime: 1880 - 1961 Passed: ≈ 64 years ago

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Writer

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Julia Peterkin

Books by Julia Peterkin

Scarlet Sister Mary Cover image

Scarlet Sister Mary

Fiction Drama
Family Tradition Plantation Identity Rural Life Coming-of-age African American Social issues

Scarlet Sister Mary is a novel by Julia Peterkin that explores the complexities of race, gender, and class in the rural South. The novel centers on the story of Mary, a young African American woman who lives on a plantation in South Carolina. Mary is...