{"product_id":"the-twelve-tribes-of-hattie-oprahs-book-club-20-9780307949707","title":"The Twelve Tribes of Hattie: Oprah's Book Club 2.0","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e- \u003cb\u003eAN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2.0 SELECTION \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\"A remarkable page-turner of a novel.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Migration, flees Georgia and heads north. This \"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrutal, illuminating version of the twentieth century African-American experience belongs alongside those of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsday).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of hope, Hattie settles in Philadelphia to build a better life. Instead she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment, and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins are lost to an illness that a few pennies could have prevented. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHattie gives birth to nine more children, whom she raises with grit, mettle, and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them to meet a world that will not be kind. Their lives, captured here in twelve luminous threads, tell the story of a mother's monumental courage--and a nation's tumultuous journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ayana Matthis's new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Unsettled \u003c\/i\u003ecoming soon!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ayana Mathis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.24w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307949707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2013 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAYANA MATHIS is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel. Originally from Philadelphia, she lives in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ayana Mathis \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47598661599389,"sku":"9780307949707","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6f50d960-24a0-48e4-a2b1-6eddb2609444.jpg?v=1769517317","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-twelve-tribes-of-hattie-oprahs-book-club-20-9780307949707","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}