Latoya Ruby Frazier - The Notion of family Social Hélène Bessette’s debut novel

Hélène Bessette’s debut novel

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Known as the 'Eye of Bamako

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Latoya Ruby Frazier - The Notion of family Social Hélène Bessette’s debut novelLaToya Fraziers first monograph, The Notion of Family, documents the decline of Braddock, Pennsylvaniaa once prosperous steel mill town that employed generations of African American workersalongside the hardships of Fraziers family, who grew up there. Issues of class and race underscore the mostly black and white photographs in the collection, which is arranged as a kind of family album: intimate, collaboratively produced portraits of Frazier and her