Book summary

Marietta Cook is different from the other Gullah-speaking women among whom she lives. Choosing isolation, she focuses on raising her twin sons. The success her sons have on the football field finally releases Marietta from her self-imposed separation from the world.

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"[Her] prose is lively and elegant...[Her way] with her characters and their sundry environments is deft and assured."

I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots

by Straight, Susan

First Edition

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Book desription: Hyperion Books, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stated first edition. PB copy of the book, VG; tight and clean, with some light general shelfwear.

Bookseller: Longfellows Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 005263
Format/binding: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good
Quantity available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1562829637
ISBN 13: 9781562829636
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date published: 1992
Pages: 355
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.25 inches
Weight: 1.7 pounds

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