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Gal : : a true life
| Title | Gal : : a true life |
| Names | Bolton, Ruthie. |
| Book Number | DB039503 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | A young African American tells in unsparing detail her struggle to overcome a legacy of abuse. Born in 1961 when her mother was only thirteen, the author was reared by her grandmother and stepgrand-father, Daddy, who called her Gal. While enjoying an honorable naval career, Daddy was a sadistic monster who beat Gal's grandmother to death and then savagely abused Gal and her six young aunts left in his care. Strong language and violence. Bestseller. |
| Narrator | Nelson, Gail. |
| Local Subject | Biography & Autobiography - BIO |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Audience Notes | Bestseller. |
| Contains strong language. |
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| Contains violence. |
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| Female narrator. |
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| LC Subject | African Americans - South Carolina - Charleston - Biography |
| African Americans - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions |
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| Charleston (S.C.) - Biography |
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| Downloadable books |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Autobiographies |
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| Talking books |
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| Call Number | 975.791004960730092 B ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 1994 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1994 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Harcourt Brace, c1994. |