Talk:Ann Petry

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Where did all this material come from? It looks like large blocks were cut and pasted from somewhere. KarenAnn 20:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC) A pharmacist who wrote newspaper ad copy, Petry came to notice when her book The Street, about life in Harlem, gained critical and popular success in 1946, selling 1.5 million copies. She later wrote additional novels, short stories, and children's books, such as Tituba of Salem Village (1964) and Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railway (1955). Ann Petry had 7 kids which died at birth.

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The existing article is more like an expanded stub. I would like to see a breakdown into sections: personal life, career, novel synopsises, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.223.84.66 (talk) 12:02, 17 September 2008 (UTC)