Mother of Pearl

by Melinda Haynes

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Capturing all the rueful irony and racial ambivalence of small-town Mississippi in the late 1950s, Melinda Haynes' celebrated novel is a wholly unforgettable exploration of family, identity, and redemption. Mother of Pearl revolves around twenty-eight-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the fifteen-year-old 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.
  • ISBN10 0743431030
  • ISBN13 9780743431033
  • Publish Date 1 May 2001 (first published 2 June 1999)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Pocket Books
  • Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
  • Pages 512
  • Language English