Strange fruit
Lillian Smith (Author), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Publisher)
Strange Fruit takes place in a Georgia town in the 1920s and focuses on the relationship between Tracy Deen, son of prominent white townspeople, and Nonnie, a beautiful and intelligent young Black woman whom he once rescued from an attack by white boys. The two have a secret affair, and Nonnie becomes pregnant by Tracy, who secretly plans for her to marry "Big Henry," whom she despises, while he marries the good white girl his parents expect him to marry. Tracy has a change of heart and decides to go public with his relationship with Nonnie, only to suffer catastrophic consequences. When it was first published in 1944, Lillian Smith's novel sparked immediate controversy and became a national bestseller. It captured with devastating accuracy the deep-seated racial conflicts of a tightly knit southern town
Print Book, English, 1992
First Harvest edition
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, CA, 1992