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092027 |
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Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 134293 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 9:20:27. |
| Performer |
Read by Fran L. Washington. |
| Summary |
Donald Thornton was a ditchdigger who wanted more for his six daughters, saying: "I love you better than I love life," he assured his children. "But I'm not always gonna be around to look after you, and no man's gonna come along and offer to take care of you because you ain't light-skinned. That's why you gotta be able to look after yourselves. And for that you gotta be smart." Donald decided to do the grandest thing he could think of: force them to make a success of their lives. Along with their mother, Tass, he cajoled and inspired the girls to succeed while working two full-time jobs to keep them properly fed and clothed. All six became successful, independent, accomplished women: two of his six daughters became doctors, one became a dentist, one a lawyer, one a nurse, and one a court stenographer. |
| Subject |
Thornton, Yvonne S. -- Family.
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Thornton family.
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Success -- New Jersey. -- Sound recordings.
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African Americans -- New Jersey -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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New Jersey -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Coudert, Jo.
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Washington, Fran L.
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| ISBN |
9781423353904 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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1423353900 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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