The Darkest Child

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Pub Date 30 Jan 2018 | Archive Date 01 Mar 2018

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Description

A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with an introduction by Tayari Jones (An American Marriage), an excerpt from the never before seen follow-up, and discussion guide.
 
Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle’s, estimation, but she’s also the brightest. Rozelle—beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned—exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment, she pulls them from school at the age of twelve and sends them to earn their keep for the household, whether in domestic service, in the fields, or at “the farmhouse” on the edge of town, where Rozelle beds local men for money.
 
But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle’s grasp without ruinous—even fatal—consequences?
A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with an introduction by Tayari Jones (An American Marriage), an excerpt from the never before seen follow-up, and discussion guide.
 
Pakersfield...

Advance Praise

Winner of the Black Caucus of the ALA Award
Nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

 
“The Darkest Child is a great gift, a timeless American treasure.”
—Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage 

"A well-written story that underscores the power of education, The Darkest Child paints a stark picture about life and opportunity for a young black girl in 1950s Jim Crow Georgia. This book brings up timely conversations—the characters haunted me long after I finished reading.”
—Octavia Spencer, Academy Award–winning actress from The Help and Hidden Figures

The Darkest Child is an exceptional debut from a most talented writer. Epic in scope, intimate in tone, it is sure to find a special place in the deepest crevices of your heart.”
—Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea Light 

Winner of the Black Caucus of the ALA Award
Nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

 
“The Darkest Child is a great gift, a timeless American treasure.”
—Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage 

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ISBN 9781616958725
PRICE $17.00 (USD)
PAGES 432

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