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Bebe moore campbell february 18, 1950 november 27, 2006, was an american author, journalist and teacher. Brothers and sisters by bebe moore campbell goodreads. Bebe moore campbell, american novelist and essayist who examined race relations and mental illness in her work. Campbell was the author of three new york times bestsellers. Frightened by her own child, keri searches for help, quickly learning that the mental health community can only offer her a seventytwo hour hold.
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Bestselling author bebe moore campbell has written a moving, heartfelt story of a divorced mother, keri, struggling to help trina, her bipolar 18yearold daughter, who has become paranoid and wild. Bebe moore campbell american novelist and essayist britannica. Bebe moore campbell was born in philadelphia, pennsylvania to george and doris moore. The philadelphia inquirer written with the narrative force of fiction and the lyrical motion of poetry, sweet summer is bebe moore campbells elegy to her extraordinary father. Nov 27, 2006 bebe moore campbells books, largely fiction and based on reallife stories, included the perspective of many ethnic groups. More books like brothers and sisters may be found by selecting the categories below. The 72hour hold to which her title refers is the period for which the law allows keri to be detained involuntarily before she can sign. Bebe moore campbell audio books, best sellers, author bio. Due to the influence of her strict mother, campbell went on to. Bebe moore campbell was the author of several bestselling books that explored issues of race from several vantage points, including brothers and sisters, singing in. The phenomenal new york times bestseller, now for the first ti. She later credited these short stories as the beginning of her career as a writer.
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