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The filling station : a novel / Vanessa Miller.

Miller, Vanessa, (author.).

Summary:

"Sisters Margaret and Evelyn Justice have grown up in the prosperous Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma--also known as Black Wall Street. In Greenwood, the Justice sisters had it all--movie theaters and entertainment venues, beauty shops and clothing stores, high-profile businesses like law offices, medical clinics, and banks. While Evelyn aspires to head off to the East Coast to study fashion design, recent college grad Margaret plans to settle in Greenwood, teaching at the local high school and eventually raising a family. Then the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre upends everything they know and brings them unspeakable loss. Left with nothing but each other, the sisters flee along what would eventually become iconic Route 66 and stumble upon the Threatt Filling Station, a safe haven and the only place where they can find a shred of hope in oppressive Jim Crow America. At the filling station, they are able to process their pain, fill up their souls, and find strength as they wrestle with a faith in God that has left them feeling abandoned. But they eventually realize that they can't hide out at the filling station when Greenwood needs to be rebuilt. The search for their father and their former life may not give them easy answers, but it can propel them--and their community--to a place where their voices are stronger . . . strong enough to build a future that honors the legacy of those who were lost." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400344123
  • ISBN: 1400344123
  • ISBN: 9781400350179
  • ISBN: 1400350174
  • Physical Description: xviii, 365 pages : map ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and discography.
Subject: Threatt, Allen, III > Fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Racism against Black people > Fiction.
United States Highway 66 > Fiction.
Service stations > Fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Christian fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 25 of 46 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Toe River Valley Regional Library . (Show)

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 46 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Toe River Valley Bookmobile/Outreach FIC MIL (Text) 35555003098896 Adult Fiction Christian Checked out 05/22/2025
Albemarle Main Library FIC Miller (Text) 31010000885204 Adult New Fiction Checked out 05/02/2025
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F MILLER (Text) 39493110138858 Adult New Fiction Available -
BHM Headquarters Library FIC (Text) 38344101792314 Adult Fiction In process -
Bordeaux Library F MILLER (Text) 31781069090163 Adult Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Mil (Text) 37807000062657 Adult New Fiction Available -
Carver School Road Branch FIC Miller, Vanessa (Text) 0112523777169 Adult New Fiction Checked out 04/30/2025
Carver School Road Branch FIC Miller, Vanessa (Text) 0112523777178 Adult Fiction Available -
Cliffdale Library F MILLER (Text) 31781067081099 Adult Fiction In transit -
Columbus Library F MIL (Text) 31250200092394 Adult New Fiction Available -

Summary: "Sisters Margaret and Evelyn Justice have grown up in the prosperous Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma--also known as Black Wall Street. In Greenwood, the Justice sisters had it all--movie theaters and entertainment venues, beauty shops and clothing stores, high-profile businesses like law offices, medical clinics, and banks. While Evelyn aspires to head off to the East Coast to study fashion design, recent college grad Margaret plans to settle in Greenwood, teaching at the local high school and eventually raising a family. Then the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre upends everything they know and brings them unspeakable loss. Left with nothing but each other, the sisters flee along what would eventually become iconic Route 66 and stumble upon the Threatt Filling Station, a safe haven and the only place where they can find a shred of hope in oppressive Jim Crow America. At the filling station, they are able to process their pain, fill up their souls, and find strength as they wrestle with a faith in God that has left them feeling abandoned. But they eventually realize that they can't hide out at the filling station when Greenwood needs to be rebuilt. The search for their father and their former life may not give them easy answers, but it can propel them--and their community--to a place where their voices are stronger . . . strong enough to build a future that honors the legacy of those who were lost." --