Miss Abracadabra

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The remarkably story of one girl ad her family during the Civil Rights Era, told in mischievous, unconstrained prose.

Miss Abracadabra is the first story in a semi-autobiographical history of intergenerational change and conflict within a black American family. It bears witness to a daughters struggle to free herself from the dominance of her socially ambitious mother, amid challenges presented by her unexpected pregnancy.

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Tom Ross writes about family history, using autobiographical elements as a point of fictional departure. He is a statistician in New York. "(I Am) a Very Stylish Girl," a chapter-length excerpt of Miss Abracadabra, was published in Raritan Quarterly. Miss Abracadabra is his first book.