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- catalog abstract "In this bold and sprightly novel set in contemporary Florida, Beverly Coyle, the acclaimed author of The Kneeling Bus, tackles one of the preeminent social problems of our time: the racism that lies beneath the veneer of suburban society. Ninety-one-year-old Tom Glover hopes to live out his final years in peace and quiet - until his daughter, Lois, returns home with her husband, Paul, who suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. In an attempt to help his. Son-in-law, Glover hires two neighborhood boys to care for Paul. But Glover's choice of a black youth, Ted Johnson, over another white boy unleashes the festering racism in Point Breeze, Florida, and Glover and Lois find themselves Johnson's sole supporters in a disturbing and eye-opening confrontation with the community. As they try to negotiate the hostility they face, Glover is forced to confront his own history as well as the changing nature of racial conflict in. America today. Written with the keen eye and witty pen that distinguished The Kneeling Bus, In Troubled Waters confirms Beverly Coyle's position as one of the bright new lights in contemporary fiction.".
- catalog contributor b5045796.
- catalog coverage "Florida Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "America today. Written with the keen eye and witty pen that distinguished The Kneeling Bus, In Troubled Waters confirms Beverly Coyle's position as one of the bright new lights in contemporary fiction.".
- catalog description "In this bold and sprightly novel set in contemporary Florida, Beverly Coyle, the acclaimed author of The Kneeling Bus, tackles one of the preeminent social problems of our time: the racism that lies beneath the veneer of suburban society. Ninety-one-year-old Tom Glover hopes to live out his final years in peace and quiet - until his daughter, Lois, returns home with her husband, Paul, who suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. In an attempt to help his.".
- catalog description "Son-in-law, Glover hires two neighborhood boys to care for Paul. But Glover's choice of a black youth, Ted Johnson, over another white boy unleashes the festering racism in Point Breeze, Florida, and Glover and Lois find themselves Johnson's sole supporters in a disturbing and eye-opening confrontation with the community. As they try to negotiate the hostility they face, Glover is forced to confront his own history as well as the changing nature of racial conflict in.".
- catalog extent "324 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "In troubled waters.".
- catalog identifier "0395574374 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "In troubled waters.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Ticknor & Fields,".
- catalog relation "In troubled waters.".
- catalog spatial "Florida Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "PS3553.O947 I5 1993".
- catalog subject "Race relations Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Race relations Southern States Fiction.".
- catalog title "In troubled waters / Beverly Coyle.".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction.".
- catalog type "text".