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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis
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Description for The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Paperback. Fifteen years old and blazing with the hope of a better life, Hattie Shepherd fled the horror of the American South on a dawn train bound for Philadelphia. Her American dream is shattered time and again: a husband who lies and cheats and nine children raised in a cramped little house that was only ever supposed to be temporary. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
A NEW EDITION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL
An Oprah's Book Club Pick
'Remarkable' Sunday Times
'Ms. Mathis has a gift for imbuing her characters' stories with an epic dimension that recalls Toni Morrison's writing' New York Times
'Vibrant and compassionate . . . a work of great humanity' Marilynne Robinson
1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a better life. When Hattie marries and gives birth to her children, she raises them with grit and mettle, preparing them for a world that will challenge and wound them. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099558705
SKU
KRA0010696
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ayana Mathis
Ayana Mathis's first novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie was a New York Times best seller and has been translated into sixteen languages. Her nonfiction has been published in the The New York Times, The Atlantic, Guernica, and Rolling Stone. Mathis is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop. She was born in Philadelphia, and currently lives in New York ... Read more
Reviews for The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Mathis traces the fates of Hattie's 12 children and grandchildren over the course of the 20th century, simultaneously capturing the voices and daily minutiae of every one of her characters ... A complex and engrossing work that has huge commercial hit written all over ... Remarkable.
Sunday Times
This fresh, powerful first novel turns the lives of Hattie's ... Read more
Sunday Times
This fresh, powerful first novel turns the lives of Hattie's ... Read more