Mother of Pearl (Large Print) Author: Melinda Haynes
	Book Information Publisher: Thorndike Press Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 0 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780786221820 - ISBN-10: 0786221828 Publication Date: 6/2000 Pages: 760

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.