{"product_id":"the-last-children-of-mill-creek","title":"The Last Children of Mill Creek","description":"\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\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1948742640\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781948742641\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Gibson, Vivian\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Belt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 2020)","offer_id":46414399832261,"sku":"9781948742641","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781948742641.jpg?v=1781864971","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-last-children-of-mill-creek","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}