The Darkest Child
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The Darkest Child
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Narrated by:
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Bahni Turpin
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Written by:
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Delores Phillips
About this listen
A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with a new introduction
In 1958 Georgia, the shade of a 13-year-old black girl's skin can make the difference in her fate. Tangy Mae is the smartest of her mother's 10 children, but she is also the darkest complected. The Quinns - all different skin shades, all with unknown fathers - live with their charismatic, beautiful, and tyrannical mother, Rozelle, in poverty on the fringes of a Georgia town where Jim Crow rules.
Rozelle's children live in fear of her mood swings and her violence, but they are devoted to her. Rozelle pulls her children out of school when they are 12 years old so that they can help support her by going to work - as domestics, as field laborers, or down at "the farmhouse", where Rozelle takes her oldest daughters to turn tricks for her.
Tangy Mae has been offered the opportunity to apply to an integrated high school and might even have the chance to graduate if she can somehow avoid her sisters' fate. Can she break from Rozelle's grasp without violent - even fatal - consequences?
©2004 Delores Phillips (P)2018 Recorded BooksWhat listeners say about The Darkest Child
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- Tania
- 2023-07-12
Loved it
The narration made the book so much more entertaining, besides being a great book. Loved it
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- Carol Pegura
- 2020-03-06
Touching
Loved it, what an author. Great narration too.....the main character is someone you will not forget.
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- Maus
- 2019-07-05
Wow...
What an amazing listen, loved the book from the first page on, even at times it was heartbreaking and cruel
but the main characters drive for survival was most astounding !
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-05-11
Must for my library
I could not stop the story. This gripped me, twisted my mind and finally let me return to my world but not without leaving me wanting more.
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- CLG
- 2019-09-01
excellent
Such a great story and so well read. I enjoyed every minute, never a dull moment.
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- Megg J
- 2025-01-03
Heartwreching
This book was a master peice, although it was hard to listen to as some of these situations do mirror real-life events. Given all the heartbreaking content that literally seems to never cease for the Quinn family over the years , the details of people, places, and the time were written so well. The narrator on audible hit this right on the money with her ability to differentiate between characters & accents.
The dynamics of the family, how terrible the mother was to her children. Growing up in poverty with racism rampant, surviving all forms of abusive; A household just trying to survive. The 10 Quinn children endured incidents that no children should, making parts very hard to listen to - but regardless of their hardships, they continue to live the best they know how while tiptoeing toeing around their mother. They are all so diverse in terms of personality, always sticking together until each slowly reached their breaking point or moving away. I give them all the credit to their strength and resilience.
If you're looking for a book/audio book that will pull you in and keep you captivated throughout the time, this is it. Be warned there are a lot of trigger warnings, I can not express that enough.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-01-23
heartbreaking but gripping.
beautifully written, gripping story but also heartbreaking. so sorry the sequel was not finished before the author passed away.
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- Wendy Jensen
- 2020-10-18
Sad to hear about the author's passing.
Loved this book. I would love to hear that someone took over where the author left off and give us an end to the sequel.
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- Zena Burgess
- 2018-03-25
this was an excellent book. great Story from beginning to end excellent narration wish there was a second book to read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-02-26
Excellent book!
I can see this being made into a movie one day. The narration was absolutely perfect. A definite 5 star all around.
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