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Written on Jan 1, 2001
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 0671774670
- ISBN13 9780671774677
- Publish Date 1 June 2000 (first published 2 June 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Format Paperback
- Pages 466
- Language English
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