My Sweet Charlie

by David Westheimer

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A racist white southern girl is forced to confront her own prejudices when she finds herself alone with a black lawyer on the run from the law for killing a white person in self-defense.

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Original publication date
1965
People/Characters
Marlene Chambers; Charlie Roberts; Mr. Treadwell
Related movies
My Sweet Charlie (1970 | IMDb)
Dedication
To Dody, Fred and Eric
First words
Marlene slid tight as she could against the car door, trying desperately to appear as if her sudden movement had nothing to do with the moist, doughy hand now lying flaccid and palm up, like something killed, on the seat a fe... (show all)w inches from her thigh.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And she looked at him with great wisdom and tolerance and she said gently, "He was my daddy."

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Teen, Tween
DDC/MDS
812.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican drama in English20th Century1945-1999
LCC
PS3573 .E88 .M9Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-

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