The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis, 243 pages.
This was our December book discussion title. I listened to the CD, narrated by Adennele Ojo, Bahni Turpin (my all-time favorite cuz of her work on Smekday), and Adam Lazarre-White, for about half the book and then read the rest. Hattie and her young husband move from Gerorgia to Baltimore when she was just 17. The first two of her Tribe, Philadelphia and Jubilee, die as infants and break Hattie's heart. All her children that follow long to see the love she showed her first two babies, but Hattie's never really capable of that kind of feeling again. Each chapter follows another of her children (and one grandchild) through their mostly tragic lives; and through those chapters we see the story of Hattie and her husband, August as their love dies but their shared lives continue.
An engaging, if somewhat depressing book that chronicles children and parents wanting for love, and sometimes food and material things.
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