This Child's Gonna Live

by Sarah E. Wright

Book Overview

Sarah Wright's searing yet lyrical story of a Southern black woman's life during the depression-a period seldom accounted for in African-American literature- is as compelling as her protagonist's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558613978
• ISBN13: 9781558613973
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A superbly written and heartrending tale

Set in a Maryland fishing village in the early 1930's, This Child's Gonna Live by Sarah E. Wright is the harshly candid story of Mariah Upshur, the African-American wife of a poor oysterman, and who is struggling to keep her family together despite smothering press of poverty and despair. This Child's Gonna Live is the superbly written and heartrending tale of a monumental effort for family survival under the harsh realities of rural poverty. Of special interest in this Feminist Press edition of an African-American literary classic is the inclusion of the Sarah E. Wright's essay, "The Writer's Responsibility".