Autobiography of a Family Photo

Description:

Growing up in Brooklyn during the Vietnam War, a young woman witnesses the tearing apart of her family by anger, finances, and the draft, and when her parents fail to offer support and guidance, she struggles with society's mixed messages.

subjects: Fiction,  Family violence,  Girls,  African American families,  Afro-American families,  African Americans,  Bildungsromans,  LGBTQ novels,  Lambda Literary Awards,  Lambda Literary Award Winner,  African americans, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Fiction, general

Places: New York (State),  New York,  Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)