TY - BOOK N2 - As Absalom Goodman, an African-American, lies dying in a Philadelphia hospital surrounded by his wife and two grown children, he retraces his life. A study of parenthood, the inner city and the American way. AB - As Absalom Goodman, an African-American, lies dying in a Philadelphia hospital surrounded by his wife and two grown children, he retraces his life. A study of parenthood, the inner city and the American way. T1 - Losing Absalom :a novel / DA - c2005. CY - Minneapolis : CY - Saint Paul : AU - Pate, Alexs D., CN - PS3566.A777 CN - PS3566.A777 PB - Coffee House Press ; PB - Distributed by Consortium, PP - Minneapolis : PP - Saint Paul : PY - c2005. N1 - Originally published: 1994. ID - 292650 KW - African American families KW - City and town life KW - Cancer KW - Father and child SN - 1566891701 (pbk.) TI - Losing Absalom :a novel / ER -