One Blood
- Author Denene Millner
- Narrator Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Tina Lifford
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 1 January 1970
- Run Time 18 hours and 59 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age.
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What to expect
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
Critics Review
‘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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