The Orphan Mother: A Novel

di Robert Hicks (Autore)

Little, Brown & Company, 2017

An epic account of one remarkable woman's quest for justice from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow of the South and A Separate Country. In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock--the "Widow of the South"--has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But when her ambitious, politically minded grown son, Theopolis, is murdered, Mariah--no stranger to loss--finds her world once more breaking apart. How could this happen? Who wanted him dead? Mariah's journey to uncover the truth leads her to unexpected people - including George Tole, a recent arrival to town, fleeing a difficult past of his own - and forces her to confront the truths of her own past. Brimming with the vivid prose and historical research that has won Robert Hicks recognition as a "master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle).

• Autore: Robert Hicks
• Editore: Little, Brown & Company
• Anno: 2017
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 336 p.
• Dimensioni: 132 x 202 mm
• Peso: 244 gr.
• EAN: 9780446581677

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