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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Haynes, Melinda
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| Publisher: |
Atria Books
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| Date: |
6/1/2000
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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Capturing all the rueful irony and racial ambivalence of small-town Mississippi in the late 1950s, Melinda Haynes' celebrated novel is a wholly unforgettable exploration of family, identity, and redemption.
Mother of Pearl revolves around twenty-eight-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the fifteen-year-old white daughter of the town whore and an unknown father. Both are passionately determined to discover the precious things neither experienced as children: human connection, enduring commitment, and, above all, unconditional love. A startlingly accomplished mixture of beauty, mystery, and tragedy,
Mother of Pearl marks the debut of an extraordinary literary talent.
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