{"product_id":"the-last-children-of-mill-creek-9781948742641","title":"The Last Children of Mill Creek","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\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, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Children of Mill Creek \u003c\/em\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of a Missouri Humanities award for literary achievement, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Children of Mill Creek\u003c\/em\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","brand":"Belt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45153540636823,"sku":"9781948742641","price":1316.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781948742641.webp?v=1767912854","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-last-children-of-mill-creek-9781948742641","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}