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The Price of a Child
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An intimate, gripping novel of the antebellum Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwoman--a debut novel from the author of the "stunning memoir" Black Ice (New York Times). "A stunning achievement ... a deeply engrossing story." --The Philadelphia InquirerWith Price of a Child--the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Lorene Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reput…
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- Author: Lorene Cary
- Publisher: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 0679744673
- ISBN-13: 9780679744672
- Format: 13.1 x 20.5 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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An intimate, gripping novel of the antebellum Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwoman--a debut novel from the author of the "stunning memoir" Black Ice (New York Times). "A stunning achievement ... a deeply engrossing story." --The Philadelphia InquirerWith Price of a Child--the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Lorene Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice, her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, Cary has created an authentic American heroine--a woman who finds voice for the appalling loss and bitterness of her past, and who creates within herself a new humanity.
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- Author: Lorene Cary
- Publisher: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 0679744673
- ISBN-13: 9780679744672
- Format: 13.1 x 20.5 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
An intimate, gripping novel of the antebellum Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwoman--a debut novel from the author of the "stunning memoir" Black Ice (New York Times). "A stunning achievement ... a deeply engrossing story." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
With Price of a Child--the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Lorene Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice, her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, Cary has created an authentic American heroine--a woman who finds voice for the appalling loss and bitterness of her past, and who creates within herself a new humanity.
With Price of a Child--the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Lorene Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice, her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, Cary has created an authentic American heroine--a woman who finds voice for the appalling loss and bitterness of her past, and who creates within herself a new humanity.
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