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The twelve tribes of Hattie / Ayana Mathis.
"In 1923, 17-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia for Philadelphia, where, though her first two babies die because she can't afford medicine, she keeps nine children alive with old southern remedies and sheer love. Saddled with a husband who brings her nothing but disappointment, she prepares her children for a world she knows will not be kind to them. A searing portrait of an unforgettable family, an emotionally transfixing drama of human striving in the face of insurmountable adversity and a ferocious vision of humanity at its most threadbare and elemental."--Publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781443410762 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9781443423465 (hc.)
- ISBN: 1443423467 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9781443410779
- Physical Description: 243 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, c2013.
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| Subject: | Urban poor > Fiction. Women, Black > Fiction. Coping with hardship > Fiction. Mothers, Black > Fiction. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Black fiction. Historical fiction. First novel. |
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| Prince Rupert Library | Math (Text) | 33294001825660 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF MAT (Text) | 35125000117840 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF MAT (Text)
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35198000506379 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Chetwynd Public Library | Fic Mat (Text) | 35222000907476 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F MAT (Text) | DCL177457 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC MAT (Text) | 35246000836518 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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| Invermere Public Library | FIC MAT (Text) | IPL046729 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | Mat (Text) | 32665001837071 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Mayne Island Reading Centre | MAT (Text) | 33128000081976 | Fiction - Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"In 1923, 17-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia for Philadelphia, where, though her first two babies die because she can't afford medicine, she keeps nine children alive with old southern remedies and sheer love. Saddled with a husband who brings her nothing but disappointment, she prepares her children for a world she knows will not be kind to them. A searing portrait of an unforgettable family, an emotionally transfixing drama of human striving in the face of insurmountable adversity and a ferocious vision of humanity at its most threadbare and elemental."--Publisher.
