Mama Day
by:
Gloria Naylor (author)
On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island's darker forces. A powerful generational saga at once tender and suspenseful, overflowing with magic and common sense.
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On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island's darker forces. A powerful generational saga at once tender and suspenseful, overflowing with magic and common sense.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679721819 (0679721819)
ASIN: 679721819
Publish date: April 23rd 1989
Publisher: New York, Ticknor and Fields, 1988
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Adult,
African American,
Magical Realism
When I started my ex-pat adventure, I had to select just a few books to take with me due to space limitations. This was one. Nearly 20 years after first reading it, it is still a pleasure to read. Naylor has created a vivid world with many depths, and I discover something new every time I read th...
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