Nine Girls, No Boys is a collection of true stories of a family in rural Virginia--Daddy, Mama and nine children. All girls. For young, Black parents rearing a family during the 40s, 50s, and 60s, times were tough with years of struggle. The stories are funny, sad, and triumphant.
Being sharecroppers, the family deals with sub-standard farmhouses and difficult landowners, and moves from farm to farm. Daddy and Mama yearn for their own farm.
When Daddy gets his first tractor, he learns that saying "whoa" doesn't stop the tractor. He has to use the brakes.
Nine Girls, No Boys is a collection of true stories of a family in rural Virginia--Daddy, Mama and nine children. All girls. For young, Black paren...
