description: In a small Mississippi town during the late 1950s, Even Grade, a twenty-eight-year-old black man who grew up as an orphan, and Valuable Korner, the teenage white daughter of the local prostitute, search for love, family, and commitment.
language: English
title: Mother of Pearl
titlecomplete: Mother of Pearl
genres: Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Drama, Adult, Southern, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 20180
places: Mississippi
publisher: Demco Media