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The Darkest Child: A Novel

The Darkest Child: A Novel
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Publisher: Soho Press
Written By: Delores Phillips
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781569473788
Feature: ISBN13: 9781569473788
ISBN: 1569473781
Label: Soho Press
Manufacturer: Soho Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 462
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher: Soho Press
Studio: Soho Press

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“Evil’s regenerative powers and one girl’s fierce resistance. . . . A book that deserves a wide audience.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Filled with grand plot events and clearly identifiable villains and victims . . . lush with detail and captivating with its story of racial tension and family violence.”—The Washington Post Book World

“[An] exceptional debut novel. . . . [Has] a depth and dimension not often characteristic of a first novel.”—Library Journal (starred)

“Phillips writes with a no-nonsense elegance. . . . As a vision of African-American life, The Darkest Child is one of the harshest novels to arrive in many years. . . . [Phillips] buttresses those harsh episodes with a depth of characterization worthy of Chekhov, pitch-perfect dialogue, and a profound knowledge of the segregated South in the ’50s.”—The New Leader

Rozelle Quinn is so fair-skinned that she can pass for white. Her ten children are mostly light, too. They constitute the only world she rules and controls. Her power over them is all she has in an otherwise cruel and uncaring universe.

Rozelle favors her light-skinned kids, but Tangy Mae, 13, her darkest-complected child, is the brightest. She desperately wants to continue with her education. Her mother, however, has other plans. Rozelle wants her daughter to work cleaning houses for whites, like she does, and accompany her to the “Farmhouse,” where Rozelle earns extra money bedding men. Tangy Mae, she’s decided, is of age.

This is the story from an era when life’s possibilities for an African-American were unimaginably different.

Delores Phillips was born in Bartow County, Georgia in 1950, the second of four children. She graduated from Cleveland State University with a bachelor of arts in English and works as a nurse at a state psychiatric hospital. Her work has appeared in Jean’s Journal, Black Times, and The Crisis. She has lived in Cleveland, Ohio since 1964.




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Summary: One of the best books I have read in years!!
Comment: Kudos to the author of this book. This book provides a rich cast of characters that you are destined to remember long after you put this book down. If you are looking for a good read this is IT! I need for this to be made in to a book. This book was so vividly painted that I can see Ving Rhames playing Crow. I can see a beautiful cast of black actors bringing this book to life! I loved it.

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Summary: Wonderful Read!
Comment: This is one of the best books that I've read in a long time! Very hard to put down!

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Summary: Awesome Read
Comment: A sad, but often still is the case, tale of the pains a darker skinned child must suffer at the hands of an abusive "color struck" mother. This book was a page turner that I hated to put down.

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Summary: Astounding!!!!!!
Comment: The darkest child is simply an astounding book. I can't believe that I took so long to get to it. The story is gripping and will command the readers' attention. If you want to know what it was like to live in a world of segregation and mental deterioration, then I highly recommend this book.

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Comment: I loved this book! The writing was excellent. The author tells a story that is so gripping. I couldn't put it down.


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