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Baby of the Family

by Tina McElroy Ansa · 1989

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An evocative, delicately comic story of a girl's coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisparanormalparanormalMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
GeorgiaGeorgiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 276 pages

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