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"In 1923, 17-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia for Philadelphia, where, though her first two babies die because she can't afford medicine, she keeps nine children alive with old southern remedies and sheer love. Saddled with a husband who brings her nothing but disappointment, she prepares her children for a world she knows will not be kind to them. A searing portrait of an unforgettable family, an emotionally transfixing drama of human striving in the face of insurmountable adversity and a ferocious vision of humanity at its most threadbare and elemental."--Publisher.
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History, African American women, African American families, African Americans, Migrations, Fiction, Social conditions, Fiction, family life, Fiction, historical, African americans, fiction, Philadelphia (pa.), fiction, Fiction, african american, historical, Family life, Courage, Poverty, Amerikanisches Englisch, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-12-30, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, african american & black, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Large type books, Familles noires américaines, Romans, nouvelles, Noirs américains, Conditions sociales, Mères noires américainesTimes
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"First published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd in a hardcover edition: 2012"--Title page verso.
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A novel about a mother's courage, sacrifice and love, set against the volatile history of twentieth century America. When Hattie clambered from a train, her skirt still hemmed with Georgia mud and the dream of Philadelphia sitting round as a marble in her mouth, she couldn't guess that two years later, aged sixteen, she'd be fighting to keep her baby twins alive. Saddled with a husband who will bring her nothing but disappointment, she raises nine children with grit and monumental courage, but no tenderness. She knows the world will not be kind to them and wants to prepare them as best she can. As her sons and daughters buck against their fates, she feels every one of their triumphs and heartbreaks, for they are all bound together.
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