- History, African American women, African American families, African Americans
A novel about a mother's courage, sacrifice and love, set against the volatile history of twentieth century America. When Hattie clambered from a train, her skirt still hemmed with Georgia mud and the dream of Philadelphia sitting round as a marble in her mouth, she couldn't guess that two years later, aged sixteen, she'd be fighting to keep her baby twins alive.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Ayana Mathis
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 317
- Publisher
- Random House, Turtleback, Random House Large Print
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Portuguese, German, English, French
- ISBN
- 9781443410779
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