The twelve tribes of Hattie a novel
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....
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Random House Audio : Books on Tape,
2013.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Subtitle from container. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: | 8 sound discs (10 hrs., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 9780804127257 0804127255 9780449013014 0449013014 9780449013038 0449013030 |
| Author Notes: | Ayana Mathis is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is her first novel. |
