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With <b>Price of a Child</b>--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 <i>Black Ice</i>, 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, <b>Price of a Child</b> is "a stunning achievement...a deeply engrossing story.... Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" (<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i>).
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The Price of a Child, Lorene Cary
- Language
- Released
- 1996
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €10.09
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- Title
- The Price of a Child
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lorene Cary
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0679744673
- ISBN13
- 9780679744672
- Series
- Tags
- Historical Themes, World Literature, Contemporary Fiction, American Literature, School, Gifts for women, Feminism, American History, Race, Racism, Love Stories, African American Literature, Slavery
- Description
- With <b>Price of a Child</b>--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 <i>Black Ice</i>, 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, <b>Price of a Child</b> is "a stunning achievement...a deeply engrossing story.... Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" (<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i>).