Fall of Rome A Novel

Name: Fall of Rome A Novel
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ISBN: 9780743227216

ISBN-10: 0743227212

ISBN-13: 9780743227216

Edition: 2003 (Reprint)

Authors: Martha Southgate

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Latin instructor Jerome Washington is a man out of place. The lone African-American teacher at the Chelsea School, an elite all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, he has spent nearly two decades trying not to appear too "racial." So he is unnerved when Rashid Bryson, a promising black inner-city student who is new to the school, seeks Washington as a potential ally against Chelsea's citadel of white privilege. Preferring not to align himself with Bryson, Washington rejects the boy's friendship. Surprised and dismayed by Washington's response, Bryson turns instead to Jana Hansen, a middle-aged white divorcée who is also new to the school -- and who has her own reasons for becoming involved…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 1/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

MARTHA SOUTHGATE was born and raised in Cleveland. She received her B.A. from Smith College and an M.F.A. from Goddard College. She has been an editor at Essence, a reporter for Premiere and the New York Daily News, and a contributor to the New York Times. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Fall of Rome. Southgate lives in Brooklyn, New York.