Mother of Pearl
by Melinda Haynes
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This first novel by a 44-year-old preacher's daughter is a small-town tale set in the 1950s. The story revolves around the friendship between Even Grade (named for a road), a young orphaned black man who knows nothing about his background, and a teenage white girl named Valuable Korner (named after a real estate sign), daughter of the town prostitute, who wishes she could escape hers.
Editions of Mother of Pearl
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Pocket Books |
Date 2001 |
Price $1.00 |
 Very Good |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Hyperion Books |
Date 1999 |
Price $1.00 |
Fine |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Hyperion Books |
Date 1999 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good + |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Pocket Books |
Date 2000 |
Price $1.00 |
Excellent Condition |
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Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher New Star Media Inc |
Date 1999 |
Price $1.00 |
Used - Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher New Star Media Inc |
Date 1999 |
Price $1.00 |
Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher New Star Media Inc |
Date 1999 |
Price $6.38 |
New |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 1999 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good |
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Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher Recorded Books |
Date 1999 |
Price $2.71 |
Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 2000 |
Price $16.01 |
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Publisher Notes
In a small Mississippi town during the late 1950s, Even Grade, a twenty-eight-year-old black man who grew up as an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the teenage white daughter of the local prostitute, search for love, family, and commitment as their lives intersect with that of Joody Two Sun, a seer who becomes Even's lover.
Media Reviews
"[A] promising debut....As style, her prose is often beautiful and full of grace, but as communication it can be confusing....What lingers are moments, sayings, and the marvelous descriptions of sights and sounds..."
First Line
Even Grade walked past the spot on the bridge where Canaan caught the bottle with his head and saw the blood mark was still there, but just barely.
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