The orphan mother
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African American women > Fiction. Midwives > Fiction. Sons > Death > Fiction. Tennessee > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
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Historical fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0446581763
- ISBN: 9780446581769
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312 pages ; 24 cm - Edition First edition.
- Publisher New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
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The Orphan Mother : A Novel
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Summary
The Orphan Mother : A Novel
An epic account of one remarkable woman's quest for justice from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow of the South and A Separate Country. In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock--the "Widow of the South"--has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But when her ambitious, politically minded grown son, Theopolis, is murdered, Mariah--no stranger to loss--finds her world once more breaking apart. How could this happen? Who wanted him dead? Mariah's journey to uncover the truth leads her to unexpected people--including George Tole, a recent arrival to town, fleeing a difficult past of his own--and forces her to confront the truths of her own past. Brimming with the vivid prose and historical research that has won Robert Hicks recognition as a "master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle).