Awards
2000 Alex Awards
Characters
| Name | Bynum, Johnnie Mae |
| Gender | Female |
| Trait | African American |
| Name | Bynum, Willie |
| Gender | Male |
| Traits | Married |
| Father | |
| African American | |
| Name | Bynum, Alice |
| Gender | Female |
| Traits | Married |
| Mother | |
| African American | |
| Genre | Domestic Historical Coming of age Psychological Fiction |
| Topics | African Americans Death of a child Grief Search for a better life Guilt Racial identity Family tragedy Self-discovery Redemption |
| Setting | Georgetown, D.C. African American community |