- African American families, Fiction, African American women, Mothers and daughters
The "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick--the unique and deeply moving epic of four generations of African-American women based on one family's ancestral past.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Lalita Tademy
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 418
- Publisher
- Warner Books, Thorndike Press, Ren min wen xue chu ban she
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9780786233724
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