Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Merriweather

Daddy Was a Number Runner (The Feminist Press) is my featured book of color pick of the day. It is written by Louise Merriweather and is a novel and this is the reprint of the original edition which was published in 1970.

Some books never go out of style and this is one of them. It takes the reader into the life of 12-year old, Francie Coffin during the Great Depression in Harlem. It’s like taking a trip back in time, but strangely it is also perhaps prophetic as we attempt now to avoid another great depression and the perils of poverty.

The new edition added to James Baldwin’s foreword and afterword by Nellie Y. McKay.


Jeff Rivera is the author of “Forever My Lady” and the founder of GumboWriters.com

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