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With Price of a Child --the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice , her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, Price of a Child is "a stunning achievement...a deeply engrossing story.... Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" ( Philadelphia Inquirer ).
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The Price of a Child, Lorene Cary
- Language
- Released
- 2008
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The Price of a Child
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lorene Cary
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1439508259
- ISBN13
- 9781439508251
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, American Literature, School, African American Literature
- Description
- With Price of a Child --the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice , her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, Price of a Child is "a stunning achievement...a deeply engrossing story.... Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" ( Philadelphia Inquirer ).