Refrain
type: CreativeWork
description: Refrain is set in 1950s Larissa, TX, where the disappearance of four local girls catapults the town into crisis, forcing them to confront their complicity and disregard for Native American life. Told from multiple points of view, including that of 11-year-old Emily, who must reckon with her own racial identity after being visited by her ancestors, the novel excavates the town's violent history amidst the urgent search for the abducted children.
abstract: Refrain is set in 1950s Larissa, TX, where the disappearance of four local girls catapults the town into crisis, forcing them to confront their complicity and disregard for Native American life. Told from multiple points of view, including that of 11-year-old Emily, who must reckon with her own racial identity after being visited by her ancestors, the novel excavates the town's violent history amidst the urgent search for the abducted children.
author: Edward, Gwendolyn Christy
language: eng
language: English
date published: 2021
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:09:16Z
provider: University of Missouri
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Missouri--Columbia

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property ID: Handle
value: https://hdl.handle.net/10355/90995

PropertyValue
property ID: DOI
value: 10.32469/10355/90995