Haynes, Melinda.
Mother of pearl : a novel /
Melinda Haynes.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Hyperion, ©1999.
- 448 pages ; 25 cm
- Oprah's book club. .
A novel on a town in 1950s Mississippi and the characters who populate it. They include a witch who communicates with the moon, an orphaned girl who writes poetry, and the men in their lives.
ISBN: 0786864850 9780786864850 0786866276 9780786866274 0732267080 9780732267087 0732268036 9780732268039 0671774670 9780671774677
LCCN: 98047014
Subjects--Personal Names: Oprah's Book Club.
Subjects--Topical Terms: African American men--Fiction. Race relations--Fiction. Teenage girls--Fiction. African American men. Race relations. Teenage girls. African American men--Fiction. Race relations--Fiction.
Subjects--Geographic Terms: Mississippi--Fiction. Mississippi. Mississippi--Fiction.
Index Terms--Genre/Form: Fiction. Psychological fiction. Bildungsromans. Psychological fiction.
LC Class. No.: PS3558.A862 / M67 1999
Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54