Daddy Was A Number Runner by Louise Meriwether

Daddy Was A Number Runner

Louise Meriwether

208 pages first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical race emotional reflective medium-paced
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The prospects for a 12-year-old girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s are somewhat limited. As Francie Coffin learns, you either sell your body, wash other people's clothes, run poker games or have a baby every year. This is the story of her triu...

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