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  Mother of Pearl

  by Melinda Haynes

  Capturing all the rueful irony and racial ambiavalence of small-town Mississippi in the late 1950's, Melinda Haynes' celebrated novel is a wholly unforgettable exploration of family, identity, and redemption. Mother of Pearl revolves around twenty-eight-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the fifteen-year-old white daughter of the town whore and an unknown father. Both... (more)
• Privilege of YouthDave Pelzer

  

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  Privilege of Youth

  by Dave Pelzer