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The River Where Blood Is Born

By Sandra Jackson-Opoku

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The River Where Blood Is Born

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This astonishing novel takes us on a journey along the river of one family's history, carving a course across two centuries and three continents, from ancient Africa into today's America. Here, through the lives of Mother Africa's many daughters, we come to understand the real meaning of roots: the captive Proud Mary, who has been savagely punished for refusing to relinquish her child to slavery; Earlene, who witnesses her father's murder at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan; Big Momma, a modern-day matriarch who can make a woman of a girl; proud and sassy Cinnamon Brown, whose wild abandon hides a bitter loss; and smart, ambitious Alma, who is torn between the love of a man and the song of her soul. In The River Where Blood Is Born, the seen and unseen worlds are seamlessly joined--the spirit realms where the great river goddess and ancestor mothers watch over the lives of their descendants, both the living and those not yet born. Stringing beads of destiny, they work to lead one daughter back to her source. But what must Alma sacrifice to honor the River Mother's call?
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
434
Release Date:
1998-08-18
Publication Date:
1998-08-18
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
034542476X
ISBN13:
9780345424761
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
609 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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