Getting Mother's Body (Paperback)

Billy Beede has big ideas about her life. She's had the Beede misfortune to get pregnant by the itinerant coffin salesman. And when he proves to have a wife and seven kids in another town, she determines to try her luck elsewhere.

The answer seems to be in the hem of her mother's dress, her mother who died ten years ago. The rumour is that Willa Mae - Billie Holiday look alike - was the only Beede who made good, and was buried with a pearl necklace and a diamond ring sewn into the hem of her dress.

Billie - and all her relatives - aim to get their hands on this treasure and make something of themselves. What follows is a mad road trip that evokes shades of Faulkner - in its potent earthiness - but also has the approachability and warmth of Alice Walker back when she was writing terrific novels like THE COLOR PURPLE.

GETTING MOTHER?S BODY is gutsy, rich, salty, funny, tragic, and completely original.

General

Imprint:	Fourth Estate
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2003
Authors:	Suzan-Lori Parks
Dimensions:	216 x 135mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-715463-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-00-715463-1
Barcode:	9780007154630

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