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Key ideas from the book
- Francie’s life shows Harlem as both a refuge and a source of danger during the Depression.
- Her family’s poverty shapes the choices and prospects available to each of its members.
- Her father turns to number running after he cannot find legal work.
- Francie’s hopes encounter the risks of ordinary activities and the limits of her circumstances.
- Her brothers’ contrasting ambitions and choices offer different glimpses of the family’s future.
About Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether
Set in Depression-era Harlem, Louise Meriwether’s novel follows twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her poor, working-class family. Harlem offers refuge, but also dangers in everyday life. When Francie’s father cannot find legal work, he becomes a number runner; her brothers look toward very different futures, one dreaming of becoming a chemist and the other already involved in a gang.
First published in 1970, the novel portrays Francie’s struggle toward womanhood as hope gives way to a more pragmatic view of what life may hold. It may interest readers of African American literature, coming-of-age fiction, and novels about family life in 1930s Harlem.
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