
"Sarah Wright's triumph in this novel is a celebration of life over death. It is, in every respect, an impressive achievement."-- The New York Times , 1969 "Often compared to the work of Zora Neale Hurston, the novel was unusual in its exploration of the black experience from...


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 insistence that "this child's gonna live." In this lost literary masterpiece by...


