Big Girls Don't Cry
by Connie Briscoe
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A black girl's sheltered, middle-class life is shattered by her brother's death in a civil rights demonstration. For Naomi Jefferson of Washington it is an awakening, a black girl cannot hope to be everygirl, and what follows in college and work only confirms it. A tale of being black in America.Tags
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Connie Briscoe is a writer and editor. She was born on December 31, 1952 in Washington, D.C. After completing her college education, Briscoe became a researcher for a computer firm and later and editor. Briscoe, who is hearing impaired, published an article in a health magazine. Briscoe published Sisters and Lovers and Big Girls Don't Cry. Sisters show more and Lovers was sold to television for adaptation as a miniseries. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Big Girls Don't Cry
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Naomi Jefferson
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