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Item specifics
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- Artist
- Godwin, Rebecca T.
- ISBN
- 9780312135294
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312135297
ISBN-13
9780312135294
eBay Product ID (ePID)
135051
Product Key Features
Book Title
Keeper of the House : a Novel
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
African American / General, General, Coming of Age
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-030213
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"Instantly logical in conception and introduction, this book starts right, with its list of acronyms immediately to hand after the brief but informative preface , in which the author declares and explains his aims and sources within the text ". (The ROSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal, 1 December 2010), Beautifully rendered and flawlessly maintained Gullah speech that occasionally whispers of the easy lyricism of Zora Neale Hurston., "Quite simply one of the most beautiful novels I have ever read." --Susan Dodd, Author ofMamawandOld Wive's Tales "Minyon's voice is beautiful music, a cello, a harp, a gospel moan." --Reginald McKnight, author ofI Get On the Bus "Beautifully rendered and flawlessly maintained Gullah speech that occasionally whispers of the easy lyricism of Zora Neale Hurston." --Orlando Sentinel "A beautifully mesmerizing tale that will long be remembered. An absolute triumph." --Jill McCorkle, "Quite simply one of the most beautiful novels I have ever read." --Susan Dodd, Author of Mamaw and Old Wive's Tales "Minyon's voice is beautiful music, a cello, a harp, a gospel moan." --Reginald McKnight, author of I Get On the Bus "Beautifully rendered and flawlessly maintained Gullah speech that occasionally whispers of the easy lyricism of Zora Neale Hurston." -- Orlando Sentinel "A beautifully mesmerizing tale that will long be remembered. An absolute triumph." --Jill McCorkle, "Quite simply one of the most beautiful novels I have ever read." -- Susan Dodd, Author of Mamaw and Old Wive's Tales "Minyon's voice is beautiful music, a cello, a harp, a gospel moan." -- Reginald McKnight, author of I Get On the Bus "Beautifully rendered and flawlessly maintained Gullah speech that occasionally whispers of the easy lyricism of Zora Neale Hurston." -- Orlando Sentinel "A beautifully mesmerizing tale that will long be remembered. An absolute triumph." -- Jill McCorkle
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Keeper of the House is an unforgettable novel narrated by the lively Minyon Manigault, a young black woman from a coastal South Carolina Gullah community. In 1929, due to mysterious family circumstances, Minyon is given up by her grandmother to the employment of Ariadne Fleming, a white madam in the famously elegant brothel called Hazelhedge. At the age of fourteen, she becomes a pair of eyes and hands, watching and working almost invisibly in a world where men and women leave their inhibition, and their pasts, at the door. As Minyon grows up in the household with other black people who provide behind-the-scenes support of Hazelhedge, she cannot escape her haunting childhood memories. Even while bearing witness to the events unfolding around her, Minyon seeks to find her place in the world, and her pace within herself., An unforgettable novel narrated by Minyon,Manigault, a young black woman from a coastal,South Carolina community who experiences,mysterious family circumstances that will change,her life forever. at age fourteen she is given up,by her grandmother in to the employment of a white,madam who runs an elegant brothel. There she,gains a double perspective on life; one gained,from growing up in a household with other black,people, the other from the white clients who visit,the brothel., Keeper of the House is Rebecca T. Godwin's unforgettable novel narrated by the lively Minyon Manigault, a young black woman from a coastal South Carolina Gullah community. In 1929, due to mysterious family circumstances, Minyon is given up by her grandmother to the employment of Ariadne Fleming, a white madam in the famously elegant brothel called Hazelhedge. At the age of fourteen, she becomes a pair of eyes and hands, watching and working almost invisibly in a world where men and women leave their inhibition, and their pasts, at the door. As Minyon grows up in the household with other black people who provide behind-the-scenes support of Hazelhedge, she cannot escape her haunting childhood memories. Even while bearing witness to the events unfolding around her, Minyon seeks to find her place in the world, and her pace within herself.
LC Classification Number
PS3557.O3165K4 1995
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