Second House from the Corner (33 page)

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Part 1

1. The Witching Hour

2. The Escape

3. The Good Husband

4. The Aftereffect

5. The Little Red School

6. The City

7. The Man, Mr. Martin Dupree

8. The Groceries

9. The Weeds Need Pulling

10. The Blasted Past

11. The Backwoods Baby

12. The Restraints

13. The Colored Museum

14. The Saturday Fever

15. The Sinners Don't Win

16. The Something or Another

17. The Dames

18. The Pretending Game

19. The Actress Is Out

20. The In Girl

21. The Head-on Collision

22. The Aftermath

Part 2

23. The Incident

24. The Wind Blows Crystals

25. The Halfway

26. The Mountains Are High

27. The Runaround

28. The Raging War

29. The Other Side

30. The Sunday Truth

31. The Last Dance

32. The Low and Lonely

33. The Children Feel Like Christmas

34. The Reason Is Not the Answer

35. The I Don't Know What

36. The Sift and Shift

37. The Cleansing

38. The Fan

39. The Light in the Tunnel

Part 3

40. The Five-Alarms

41. The Sweetness of Home

42. The Decision

43. The Crude Truth

44. The Last Dance

Acknowledgments

Also by Sadeqa Johnson

About the Author

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

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SECOND HOUSE FROM THE CORNER.
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First Edition: February 2016