Imitation of Life

Name: Imitation of Life
Author: Fannie Hurst

by Fannie Hurst

Novel exploring race, identity, and inequality through intertwined female characters' stories

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Fannie Hurst

Fannie Hurst was one of the most popular American fiction writers of the 1920s and 1930s, whose bestselling novels of working-class women's lives—Lummox, Imitation of Life—combined emotional power with social observation.

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