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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

byAyana Mathis

A NEW EDITION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL'Remarkable' Sunday Times'Ms. Mathis has a gift for imbuing her characters' stories with an epic dimension that recalls Toni Morrison's writing' New York Times'Vibrant and compassionate . . . a work of great humanity' Marilynne Robinson1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a better life. When Hattie marries and gives birth to her children, she raises them with grit and mettle, preparing them for a world that will challenge and wound them. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie tells the story of a mother's monumental courage, the resilience of human spirit and the myth of the American dream.

Language

English

Published on

29/08/2013

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780099558705

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