The Price Of A Child: A Novel
by Lorene Cary
Publication Date: Jun 11, 1996
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780679744672
Imprint: Vintage
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Paperback Description:
With Price of a Child—the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855—Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice, her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child’s life, Price of a Child is "a stunning achievement…a deeply engrossing story…. Cary’s impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
With Price of a Child—the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855—Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice, her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child’s life, Price of a Child is "a stunning achievement…a deeply engrossing story…. Cary’s impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
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