Lorene Cary
With ,Price of a Child,--the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with ,Black Ice,, her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, ,Price of a Child, is "a stunning achievement...a deeply engrossing story.... Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" (,Philadelphia Inquirer,).
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The Price of a Child