About this title: Maddy Dangerfield is a Mississippi teenager growing up in a highly religious black family. Her mother works as a maid, her father is an alcoholic womanizer, her aunt is a hustler, her uncle is a rapist serving time. When Maddy is sent to take care of her aunt, now dying of cancer, she finds in the experience the strength to transcend her ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 01/2003
ISBN-13:9780802117281ISBN:0802117287
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 208 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2002-12-10
ISBN-13:9780802117281ISBN:0802117287
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2004-01-01
ISBN-13:9780802140401ISBN:0802140408
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780802117281ISBN:0802117287
Description: New in new dust jacket. Beautiful NEW softcover--shiny, tight & clean--no blemishes or bumps, NOT a remainder! Glued binding. Paper over boards. 208 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 2003. 0802117287. Good, used copy with mild wear from handling-unmarked. Dust jacket in new, clear brodart mylar cover.; Hardcover; Grove Press; NY; Book Club Edition; 1.05 x 8.56 x 5.77 Inches; 272 pages. read more
"Although I found the writing style annoying at times, I did ultimately find the book to be moving (at least, based on fact that I was wiping tears away as I read the last couple chapters - and on a plane, too - I hate it when that happens)."
"This story was told in the voice of a fourteen year old girl raised in the rural south of Mississippi. Olympia Vernon has created a story where you can feel and see what is happening. I was lost for words while reading this story. Each chapter just flows and its hard to put this book down because you have to know what is going to happen next.
Maddy is the daughter of a mother who is a maid for just about every white man in town...and her father is just a shadow in his own house because he's known for being a whore and a gambler. When Maddy's aunt becomes sick and she is sent to take care of her..readers actually get a front row seat into a world much different than the one now. One of the characters that really stood out to me is Big Mama and Fat.
This is one story that will stay on your mind long after you have read the last page. I will definitely be reading more from this talented and creative author!"
"Olympia Vernon is one of the best writers of my generation...Every word, every sentence is line by line poetry...She does her job of writing very well."
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