num_pages: 336
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
publisher: Vintage