TY - BOOK AU - Mayhew,Anna Jean TI - The dry grass of August SN - 0758254091 : PAP AV - PS3613.A956 D79 2011b U1 - 813/.6 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Kensington Books KW - Segregation KW - Fiction KW - Racism N1 - Includes Q & A with Anna Jean Mayhew (p. 285-289) and A reading group guide (p. 291-294) N2 - 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 ER -