01175cam a2200301 i 4500 296008694 TxAuBib 20110505120000.0 110318s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2011007592 9780758254092 0758254091 eng rda TxAuBib rda Mayhew, Anna Jean. The dry grass of August [BOOK] / Anna Jean Mayhew. New York : Kensington Books, 2011. 294 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In 1954, 13-year-old Jubie, traveling with her family and her family's black maid Mary Luther--who has always been there for her, making up for her father's rages and her mother's neglect--encounters racial tension and tragedy. 20110505. African American women household employees Fiction. Teenage girls Southern States Fiction. Southern States Race relations Fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction.