Mama Day:

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A powerful generational saga at once tender and suspenseful, overflowing with magic and common sense, this book “resonates with genuine excitement … a big, strong, admirable novel” (New York Times Book Review).On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island’s darker forces.

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Weight 0.23 kg
Dimensions 1.75 × 12.95 × 3.59 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

336

Publisher

Year Published

1989-4-23

Imprint

Publication City/Country

USA

ISBN 10

0679721819

About The Author

GLORIA NAYLOR was born in New York City in 1950. She received her B.A. in English from Brooklyn College and her M.A. in Afro-American studies from Yale. Her books include The Women of Brewster Place, which won both the American Book Award and the National Book Award for first novel, and was also adapted into a television movie by Oprah Winfrey; Linden Hills; Bailey's Cafe; and The Men of Brewster Place. She taught writing and literature at George Washington University, New York University, Boston University, and Cornell University. She died in 2016.

WINNER OF THE LILLIAN SMITH BOOK AWARD"Resonates with genuine excitement … a big, strong, admirable novel." —New York Times Book Review

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