Title
Far From the Tree
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780312202910
Pages
352 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Two African-American sisters, Celeste, a doctor's wife trying to maintain a facade of normalcy, and Ronnie, a struggling actress, inherit a North Carolina house at the death of their father and face a painful encounter with long- suppressed family secrets.
Grade Level
9-12; Adult
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; Family violence; Poverty; Homelessness; death of a parent; death of a father; abusive sibling; sexual abuse; impoverished family; homeless family
Main Character
adult women
Race/Ethnicities
African American
Family Formation
mother
Keywords
sisters; inheritance; North Carolina; marital problems; doctor; actress; secrets
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Deberry, Virginia and Grant, Donna, "Far From the Tree" (2000). Diverse Families. 1440.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1440