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I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
Author: Susan Straight
In 1959, thirteen-year-old Marietta Cook is as tall as she is reserved, a quiet outsider in an already marginalized community of slave descendants rooted in South Carolina's low country. While she and her ailing mother eke out a modest existence selling hand-woven baskets by the side of the road, Marietta often wonders what lies beyond their...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781562829636
ISBN-10: 1562829637
Publication Date: 6/1992
Pages: 355
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Publisher: Hyperion Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Becomeing used to the style of language used took a minute, but the writing was so wonderful i could not stop wanting more. Fragile story, hard life. Loved the novel. Makes you think.
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I thought this book was really excellent. I loved the characters and learning about live in the South Carolina Gullah women and sweet waters. I learned so much about racial injustice.


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