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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

In 1923, 15-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave.

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
by Ayana Mathis

  • Publication Date: October 8, 2013
  • Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • ISBN-10: 0307949702
  • ISBN-13: 9780307949707