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Part 1: Chapter 1-6

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Stringfellow, Tara M. Memphis: A Novel. The Dial Press, 2022. Hardcover.

· The book covers different time periods from the past to the present.

· The chapter abstracts use the present tense and provide a linear summary.

· The story is narrated by Joan in the first-person, and by Miriam, August, and Hazel from third-person points of view.

· In Part 1, Chapter 1, “Joan, 1995,” the narrative begins from Joan’s first-person point of view.

· Joan arrives at the family house in Memphis, Tennessee, with her mother Miriam and sister Mya.

· The house was built by her late grandfather, Myron.

· The last time Joan was at the house was when she was three, and something about the house fascinates and unsettles her.

· Joan starts to pull out her sketchbook to draw the house, but her mother tells her it...

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