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Minrose Gwin

Biography

Minrose Gwin

Minrose Gwin is the author of the memoir Wishing for Snow, cited byBooklist as "eloquent" and "lyrical" --- "a real life story we all need to hear." She has written three scholarly books and coedited . She teaches contemporary fiction at UNC–Chapel Hill and, like her young protagonist, grew up in a small Mississippi town.

Minrose Gwin

Books by Minrose Gwin

The Queen of Palmyra
by Minrose Gwin

In the turbulent southern summer of 1963, Millwood's white population steers clear of "Shake Rag," the black section of town. Young Florence Forrest is one of the few who crosses the line.  Florence attaches herself to her grandparents' longtime maid, Zenie Johnson. The more time Florence spends in Shake Rag, the more she recognizes how completely race divides her town.