The twelve tribes of Hattie / by Ayana Mathis.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 243 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0307959422
- 0385350287
- 9780307959423
- 9780385350280
- 12 tribes of Hattie
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Mathis Ayana | Available | 33111006925321 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Mathis Ayana | Available | 33111007053289 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Winner of a Michener-Copernicus Fellowship, Mathis opens her career with a book about the Great Migration. Hattie Shepherd is only 17 when she leaves Georgia for Philadelphia, where she raises nine children. Theirs is a life of extraordinary hardship, reportedly told with unflinching beauty. A big push for this one.
The story of an African American family held together with a mother's grit and monumental courage.