Bibliograph

From and to, friends, loves and Peace Corps, Dolores Beasley

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From and to, friends, loves and Peace Corps, Dolores Beasley

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From and to

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Dolores Beasley

Sub title

friends, loves and Peace Corps

Summary

She's a nave, middle-class Black-American battling rats in Africa and having an affair with a cute but dumb white Peace Corps volunteer. He's a budding Minneapolis journalist with a fixation for sleazy movies and tasteless TV. Then there's Susan - an outspoken, fiercely loyal, recent college grad whose fiancé is quite possibly gay. It's the mid-1980s. Reagan is still the "Teflon" president. America's watching "Dynasty," "That's Incredible," and "Falcon Crest." Everyone's dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Joan Rivers is Johnny Carson's favorite guest host and the general public is just beginning to learn of AIDS. If you're African-American, white, male, female, gay or straight, this touching, funny coming-of-age memoir told through highly entertaining and poignant letters from and to West Africa, Minneapolis, Chicago and Kansas City will touch your soul. "From and To" provides a candid account of Peace Corps life as it celebrates the collective experience of growing up in the eighties

Target audience

adult

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Friends, loves and Peace Corps

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