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Title	:	Daddy Was a Number Runner
Author	:	Louise Meriwether
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 188 pages
Published	:	1971 by Pyramid Books (first published 1970)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Race. Young Adult. Cultural. African American. Coming Of Age

Daddy Was a Number Runner

Louise Meriwether

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 188 pages

Rating: 4.15 | 581 Users | 69 Reviews

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This bittersweet and sharply observed masterpiece recounts a year in the life of twelve-year-old France Coffin. It is the summer of 1934, and nowhere are the effects of the Great Depression more apparent than in Harlem. But Harlem is also home to a community's anger, humor, and vitality, the paradoxical cradle of young Francie's innocence and dreams - just like the daily numbers game played for the small glint of hope that it boldly promises but will never fulfill.

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Original Title:	Daddy Was a Number Runner
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Francine Coffin
Setting:	Harlem, New York City, New York(United States)

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It was, as always, satisfying to read a book set in the same neighborhood I live in. I did not enjoy being trapped in the mind of a naive child, but the fact that it was so uncomfortable is a testament to the quality of the writing. I also didnt enjoy that this book was written about an African-American girl in Harlem in the 1930s, but except for the lack of technology, it could have been about a working class girl in Harlem today. All the struggles seem to have remained the same. The sexual

I think alot of the time, we write about what we know. and in reading this book I come to ask myself... what exactly does Louise know? her writing is so simply complex... which seems odd but it is a perfect sense of what is happening and why it is happening and why you don't want it to happen.. but you will it to happen along with her words on the next few pagesuntil the next few becomes the rest of the book. I love it

A brutal and at times ebullient account of life in 1930s Harlem, in the midst of the depression, from a 12 year old girls point of view. If things are tough for the boys, who face work in the sewers if theyre lucky and instead join gangs and hang out on street corners, its infinitely worse for the girls: either you was a whore like China Doll or you worked in a laundry.. or had a baby every year. The girls take it for granted they would get felt up when they go to the shops or the cinema (if

Immersive, vicious, a Spike Lee style bildungsroman filled with anguish and anger, hope and despair, vibrantly told.

This is Meriwethers first novel and chronicles the lives of a poor black family in Harlem during the Depression in the 1930s. It is written from the point of view of Francie Coffin, the twelve year old daughter of the family. Although it is a novel there are elements of autobiography and the virago edition has an introduction by James Baldwin. Meriwether is still active and has received an award for social activism in 2011, this is a flavour of her speech; I am a writer, and also a dedicated

I read this on my Kindle I was so glad to see if offered. I first read this well written classic book way back in the 1970s when I was a teenager. It had only been out as a book a couple years then. that book stayed with me all these years. Daddy Was a Number Runner takes place in the 1930s depression in Harlem. It is seen through the eyes of Francie an African american, 12 year old girl. We seen Francie's life in Harlem over the course of a year. Louise Meriwether did an excellent job

This book is indeed a classic. So beautiful!!! Full review here: https://bibliophileonabudget.wordpres...