The Twelve Tribes of Hattie |
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| Author:
| Mathis, Ayana |
| Narrated by:
| Lazarre-White, Adam
Ojo, Adenrele
Turpin, Bahni |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4676-5102-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | Findaway World, LLC
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| Book Format: | Pre-recorded MP3 player |
| List Price: | USD $44.99 |
Book Description:
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A debut of extraordinary distinction: through the life of her unforgettable heroine, Hattie Shepherd, the author tells the story of the children of the Great Migration, a story of bitterness and love and the promise of a new North, built on the backs of Hatties children.In 1923, seventeen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia for Philadelphia, where, though her first two babies die because she cant afford medicine, she keeps nine children alive with old southern...
More Description A debut of extraordinary distinction: through the life of her unforgettable heroine, Hattie Shepherd, the author tells the story of the children of the Great Migration, a story of bitterness and love and the promise of a new North, built on the backs of Hatties children.
In 1923, seventeen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia for Philadelphia, where, though her first two babies die because she cant afford medicine, she keeps nine children alive with old southern remedies and sheer love. Saddled with a husband who will bring her nothing but disappointment, she prepares her children for a world she knows will not be kind to them. Their trials are the trials on which the history of America was forged, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, and a force stronger than love or trouble, the determination to get by and get through. 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,The Twelve Tribes of Hattieintroduces a writer of the very first order.