description: With Price of a Child --the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice , her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, Price of a Child is "a stunning achievement...a deeply engrossing story.... Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" ( Philadelphia Inquirer ).
language: English
title: The Price of a Child
titlecomplete: The Price of a Child
genres: American, Historical, Adult, African American, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Unfinished, Fiction, African American Literature
ratings_count: 515
publisher: Random House Value Publishing