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The Price of a Child : A Novel Paperback - 1996
by Cary, Lorene
- Used
From the writer of the acclaimed memoir Black Ice comes a gripping story of the Underground Railroad and one courageous woman who rode it to freedom. In 1855 Ginnie Pryor escapes slavery on a plantation. But Ginnie's baby remains hostage in Virginia. The result is a suspenseful yet intimate epic pulsing with the life of a vanished black America. "Powerful".--The New York Times Book Review.
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Details
- Title The Price of a Child : A Novel
- Author Cary, Lorene
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date June 11, 1996
- Bookseller's Inventory # 12301970-75
- ISBN 9780679744672 / 0679744673
- Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.05 x 5.17 x 0.72 in (20.45 x 13.13 x 1.83 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Love stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94024667
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/1998, Page 979
- New York Times, 06/30/1996, Page 32
- Publishers Weekly, 04/29/1996, Page 0