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Mother of Pearl

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By Melinda Rucker Haynes; Melinda Haynes
Publisher Washington Square Press - (Washington Square Press)
Mother of Pearl
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Capturing all the rueful irony and racial ambivalence of smalltown Mississippi in the late 1950s, Melinda Haynes celebrated novel is a wholly unforgettable exploration of family, identity, and redemption. Mother of Pearl revolves around twentyeightyearold Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the fifteenyearold 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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168476 words168,476 words
496 pages496 pages
Lexile 900LLexile 900L
Published 2000Published 2000

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Book ISBN:

9780671774677

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