Melinda Haynes

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Louisiana

Seventy-year-old Willem Fremont returns to his hometown of Purvis, Mississippi to reconnect with the homestead of his youth in hopes of finding the reason for his life-long debilitating panic attacks.

Willem's Field

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Virginia

Mother of Pearl

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This hardcover book, titled "Mother of Pearl" by Melinda Rucker Haynes, is a first edition novel published by Hyperion Press in 1999. The book measures 9.5 inches in length, 6.5 inches in width, and 1.5 inches in height, with a weight of 27.3 ounces and 448 pages.

The book features a dust jacket, making it a great addition to any book collection. The narrative type is fiction, with a genre of psychological, African American/general, general, and historical. The book is intended for young adults and adults, with an original language of English. This novel is a must-read for those interested in an engaging and thought-provoking story.

Alabama

Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes (1999) Hardcover W/ Dust Jacket 1st Edition VG

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

In this well-crafted, evocative novel by the author of Mother of Pearl, a poor family struggles to survive in a small 1960s Mississippi town in the face of mind-numbing poverty, an absent father, a disaffected and often cruel mother, mental disability, and tragedy. Reprint.

Chalktown

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Texas

NWOT Softcover Trade Paperback  “Mother of Pearl” by Melinda Haynes. Oprah bookclub selection. No writing, highlighting or dog-eared pages. 

North Carolina

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

Book has tears, spine and minor water damage. In as-is condition 

New Jersey

Florida

Kentucky

Just trying to clear room off my book shelf! 🙂

Minnesota

West Virginia

Connecticut

Washington

The Haunting of Josh Weston

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Massachusetts

Souther storytelling
Tender, heart breaking, sometimes hilarious novel set in 1970’s
Mississippi 
Compassionate portrait of small-town life

California

Michigan

Nevada

Maryland

Capturing all the rueful irony and racial ambivalence of small-town Mississippi in the late 1950s, Melinda Haynes' celebrated novel is a wholly unforgettable exploration of family, identity, and redemption. Mother of Pearl revolves around twenty-eight-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the fifteen-year-old white daughter of the town whore and an unknown father. Both are passionately determined to discover the precious things neither experienced as children: human connection, enduring commitment, and, above all, unconditional love. A startlingly accomplished mixture of beauty, mystery, and tragedy, Mother of Pearl marks the debut of an extraordinary literary talent.

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