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I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots

Susan Straight

4.10/5 (611 ratings)

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Beginning in the late 1950s, this novel tells the story of Marietta Cook, a tall girl growing up in Pine Gardens, a Gullah-speaking village in South Carolina. When Marietta's mother dies, she heads to Charleston in search of her uncle - only to find a lover and return pregnant with twins two years later. She raises her sons back home in the low country before moving the family to Charleston, where she takes a growing interest in football and the civil rights movement. The boys grow huge and talented at the game, playing pro football in California. A new world and new travails await, but Marietta's great resilience endures.

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Pages:: pages

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Publisher:: Anchor

Edition:: Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0385470126

ISBN13:: 9780385470124

kindle Asin:: B07YV4HVR2

I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots

Susan Straight

4.10/5 (611 ratings)

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Beginning in the late 1950s, this novel tells the story of Marietta Cook, a tall girl growing up in Pine Gardens, a Gullah-speaking village in South Carolina. When Marietta's mother dies, she heads to Charleston in search of her uncle - only to find a lover and return pregnant with twins two years later. She raises her sons back home in the low country before moving the family to Charleston, where she takes a growing interest in football and the civil rights movement. The boys grow huge and talented at the game, playing pro football in California. A new world and new travails await, but Marietta's great resilience endures.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Anchor

Edition:: Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0385470126

ISBN13:: 9780385470124

kindle Asin:: B07YV4HVR2

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