The twelve tribes of Hattie
(Adult Book)
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243 pages ; 24 cm.
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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 mothers monumental courage and the journey of a nation. Beautiful and devastating, Ayana Mathiss The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is wondrous from first to last-glorious, harrowing, unexpectedly uplifting, and blazing with life. An emotionally transfixing novel, a searing portrait of striving in the face of insurmountable adversity, an indelible encounter with the resilience of the human spirit and the driving force of the American dream.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mathis, A. (2013). The twelve tribes of Hattie . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mathis, Ayana. 2013. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mathis, Ayana. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mathis, Ayana. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
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