{"product_id":"the-last-children-of-mill-creek-paperback","title":"The Last Children of Mill Creek - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVivian Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivian Gibson's bestselling memoir of growing up in the 1950s in a segregated St. Louis neighborhood has been hailed by critics as \"a spare, elegant jewel of a work\" and \"a love letter to Gibson's childhood.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivian Gibson grew up in Mill Creek Valley, a segregated working-class neighborhood in St. Louis that was razed in 1959 to build a highway, an act of racism disguised under urban renewal as \"progress.\" A moving memoir of family life at a time very different from the present, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Children of Mill Creek \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the everyday lived experiences of Gibson's large family―her seven siblings, her crafty, college-educated mother, and her hard-working father―and the friends, shop owners, church ladies, teachers, and others who made Mill Creek into a warm, tight-knit African American community. In Gibson's words, \"This memoir is about survival, as told from the viewpoint of a watchful young girl―a collection of decidedly universal stories that chronicle the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of a Missouri Humanities award for literary achievement, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Children of Mill Creek\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book for anyone interested in urban development, race, and community history―or for anyone who was once a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivian Gibson was raised on Bernard Street in Mill Creek Valley, and has lived in New York City and Liberia. She started writing short stories about her childhood memories after retiring at age 66. Her work has been produced as part of \u003ci\u003e50in50: Writing Women into Existence, \u003c\/i\u003e at the Billie Holliday Theater in Brooklyn, and published in \u003ci\u003eThe St. Louis Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (Belt Publishing, 2019). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.1 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978439459117,"sku":"9781948742641","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/4Jq6q1hTmO9781948742641.webp?v=1775805166","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-last-children-of-mill-creek-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}