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One Blood
- Author
- Denene Millner
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 7 September 2023
- Run Time
- 18 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age
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What to expect
‘A powerful family saga’ OBSERVER
‘Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient… a masterpiece’ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis
THREE WOMEN. ONE BLOOD.
A birth mother
Grace, growing up in segregated Virginia, is only a teenager when her baby is taken from her in the ultimate act of betrayal.
An adoptive mother
Lolo, who takes the baby in, has dreamed of having a family her whole life. She will do whatever it takes whatever it takes to keep her dream intact.
The daughter to both
Pregnant with her first baby, Rae discovers that she is adopted. Now she must face an important reckoning about her two mothers…
One Blood is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, secrets and history: a hymn to Black womanhood.
‘Heartbreaking’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
‘Epic’ i PAPER
‘Deeply moving’ PEOPLE magazine
Critics Review
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‘A powerful family saga’ OBSERVER
‘Epic, moving’ i PAPER
‘Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient… a masterpiece’ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis
‘Epic, heartbreaking and beautiful’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
‘A powerful, deeply moving saga’ PEOPLE magazine
‘I was left thinking about these women and how their lives were eternally linked, long after I finished this amazing novel’ VICTORIA CHRISTOPHER MURRAY
‘A beautiful, brilliant American epic’ TARANA BURKE
‘A masterful storyteller… so much more than a good yarn’ ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Details
- Author
- Denene Millner
- Narrator
- Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Tina Lifford
- Duration
- 18 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008441937
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age
Synopsis
Behind every strong woman are the women who raised her. ‘A powerful family saga’ OBSERVER‘Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient… a masterpiece’ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis THREE WOMEN. ONE BLOOD. A birth mother Grace, growing up in segregated Virginia, is only a teenager when her baby is taken from her in the ultimate act of betrayal. An adoptive mother Lolo, who takes the baby in, has dreamed of having a family her whole life. She will do whatever it takes whatever it takes to keep her dream intact. The daughter to both Pregnant with her first baby, Rae discovers that she is adopted. Now she must face an important reckoning about her two mothers… One Blood is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, secrets and history: a hymn to Black womanhood. ‘Heartbreaking’ KARIN SLAUGHTER‘Epic’ i PAPER‘Deeply moving’ PEOPLE magazine
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