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The twelve tribes of hattie6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I have never been one for Oprah’s books usually a sticker saying she picked it makes me run the other way but this one sounded like one I’d really enjoy…however… I am not sure what to say about this book it is well written but the choppiness of all the stories made it a little hard to follow, it seemed like just when you were starting to care about one of Hattie’s children the story would jump to another. Not as good as I expected- narration is fabulous Beautiful and devastating, Ayana Mathis’s The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is glorious, harrowing, unexpectedly uplifting, and blazing with life. She vows to prepare them for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives, to meet a world that will not love them.Ĭaptured here in 12 luminous narrative threads, their lives tell the story of a mother’s monumental courage and the journey of a nation. Hattie gives birth to nine more children, whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. ![]() 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. In 1923, 15-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. A debut of extraordinary distinction: through the trials of one unforgettable family, Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration, a story of love and bitterness and the promise of a new America. ![]()
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