{"product_id":"the-darkest-child-paperback","title":"The Darkest Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDelores Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTayari Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with an introduction by Tayari Jones (\u003ci\u003eAn American Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e), an excerpt from the never before seen follow-up, and discussion guide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest. Rozelle--beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned--exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment, she pulls them from school at the age of twelve and sends them to earn their keep for the household, whether in domestic service, in the fields, or at \"the farmhouse\" on the edge of town, where Rozelle beds local men for money. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle's grasp without ruinous--even fatal--consequences?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelores 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 worked as a nurse at a state psychiatric hospital in Cleveland. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eJean's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e. She passed away in 2014; \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Child\u003c\/i\u003e was her only novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247618638073,"sku":"9781616958725","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MWJIL055czRqN0FCOGtWRmtkNkE1QT09.webp?v=1768626851","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-darkest-child-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}