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The author describes growing up in rural South Carolina, her father's desertion, her struggle to help support her large family, and her move to New York in search of a better life
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A natural-born storyteller chronicles her life and three generations of an African-American family. Born in the rural South, Freddie Mae picked cotton, worked as a cook for white families, played saxophone in all-girl bands during the Big Band era in Harlem, and continues to dance just for fun in her 75th year. Her story is drawn from taped interviews. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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