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Title	:	Mother of Pearl
Author	:	Melinda Haynes
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 465 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2000 by Washington Square Press (first published June 2nd 1999)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction

Mother of Pearl

Melinda Haynes

Paperback | Pages: 465 pages

Rating: 3.69 | 19442 Users | 460 Reviews

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Capturing all the rueful irony and racial ambivalence of small-town Mississippi in the late 1950s, Melinda Haynes' celebrated novel is a wholly unforgettable exploration of family, identity, and redemption. Mother of Pearl revolves around twenty-eight-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the fifteen-year-old white daughter of the town whore and an unknown father. Both are passionately determined to discover the precious things neither experienced as children: human connection, enduring commitment, and, above all, unconditional love. A startlingly accomplished mixture of beauty, mystery, and tragedy, Mother of Pearl marks the debut of an extraordinary literary talent. (Oprah's Book Club)

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Original Title:	Mother of Pearl
ISBN:	0671774670 (ISBN13: 9780671774677)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.69 From 19442 Users | 460 Reviews

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Wow, I almost kept a journal while I was reading this book just to keep track of my thoughts about it. I generally do not like to read "Oprah" books but I really found this book full of great characters that you wanted to know more about. It took me about 50-60 pages to really get into it and once I was I didn't want to put it down. I felt so awful for the majority of the characters and the issues they were dealing with (don't want to give anything away till Katie reads it!) I loved Valuable and

Recieved this book as a gift and wasn't sure what it was about. I ended up enjoying it greatly.

What did I think of this book? Hm, It was good, I liked the story, I laughed aloud in some places and anxious in others. I really didn't care much for the writing style though. It didn't flow, it was hard to follow and it switched between first and third person narratives with no warning. Several times I had to go back and reread a paragraph or start a section over again just to figure out who was doing the talking or who was being talked about. The author not only confused me with the

It makes me sad that this is the only book in probably the last 20+ years that I just put down and never finished. I just absolutely could not get into it. Boring!

Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes is an amazing novel. Written in 1999, it has been on my shelf for years. Moving has pushed me to review what is on those shelves and retirement is giving me more time to read. I took this book on my trip to Portugal, so much was read on airplanes. It is set in Mississippi in 1956 and ends in 1961. In small Mississippi towns, the Civil Rights movement is not in the forefront. One character, Canaan Mosley follows the movement in the newspaper, he is personally

I read this book for a project in Ms. Shakir's class. This book was a little bit difficult to follow at some points ,but ultimately it all came together very nicely. I admit, that yes, I indeed cried at the end, twice. Once because it was sad, and once because it was happy. This story is about a white girl named Valuble Korner, a black man named Even Grade. This is a story about Love, morals, and tough choices. I highly recommend this book. A word of advice, this book tends to get very graphic

For some reason you want to keep reading it. Not because you're hoping for an explanation or a story or a plot. But because you want to know what in the world possessed the author to write a book that makes no sense.