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The twelve tribes of Hattie
In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives, to meet a world that will not love them, a world that will not be kind. Captured here in twelve luminous narrative threads, their lives tell the story of a mother's monumental courage and the journey of a nation.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780804121026
- ISBN: 0804121028
- Physical Description: 385 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st large print ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, ©2012.
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| Formatted Contents Note: | Philadelphia and Jubilee, 1925 -- Floyd, 1948 -- Six, 1950 -- Ruthie, 1951 -- Ella, 1954 -- Alice and Billups, 1968 -- Franklin, 1969 -- Bell, 1975 -- Cassie, 1980 -- Sala, 1980. |
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| Genre: | Large type books. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Large print books. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | LP MATHIS (Text) | 000147405 | Large Print -- Fiction | Available | - |