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The adventures of a Black girl in search of God

A remarkable love, an incredible heist, an extraordinary funeral, and an impassioned search for answers to the profound mysteries of being alive. From Governor General's Award-winning playwright Djanet Sears, comes a beautiful and deeply moving story set in present-day Negro Creek, a 200-year-old Black community in Western Ontario. Rainey Baldwin-Johnson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade
Print Book, English, [2016]
Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto, ON, [2016]
Drama
v, 122 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780887547126, 0887547125
1119062472
"Adventures" / by Djanet Sears
First production information
The adventures of a Black girl in search of God
History at Negro Creek; Djanet Sear's 'The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God' / by Leslie Sanders
A play
First edition: 2003. Fifth printing: September 2016
A remarkable love, an incredible heist, an extraordinary funeral, and an impassioned search for answers to the profound mysteries of being alive. From Governor General's Award-winning playwright Djanet Sears, comes a beautiful and deeply moving story set in present-day Negro Creek, a 200-year-old Black community in Western Ontario. Rainey Baldwin-Johnson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade