In My Father's House

Name: In My Father's House
Author: Ernest J. Gaines

by Ernest J. Gaines

Novel exploring family secrets, faith, and redemption in a small Southern community

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Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines wrote with quiet authority about Louisiana's Black community spanning several decades of the twentieth century. A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman are his most beloved works.

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A Lesson Before DyingNovel about a Black man's execution and a teacher's quest to restore his dignity
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