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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
May 1, 2003
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739302972
ISBN-10
0739302973
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.75 by 5.75 in.
Weight
0.52 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$31.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Learning that a company plans to dig up the area where her mother is buried, supposedly with a cache of jewels, Billy Beede, poor and pregnant, heads for Arizona to rescue her mother's body and search for the jewels that could bring her a new life.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Billy Beede, the teenage daughter of the fast-running, no-account, and six-years-dead Willa Mae, comes home one day to find a fateful letter waiting for her: Willa Maeâs burial spot in LaJunta, Arizona, is about to be plowed up to make way for a supermarket.
As Willa Maeâs only daughter, Billy is heiress to her motherâs substantial but unconfirmed fortuneâa cache of jewels that Willa Maeâs lover, Dill Smiles, is said to have buried with her. Dirt poor, living in a trailer with her Aunt June and Uncle Roosevelt behind a gas station in a tumbleweedy Texas town, and pregnant with an illegitimate child, Billy knows that treasure could mean salvation. So she steals Dillâs pickup truck and, with her aunt and uncle in tow, heads for Arizona with Dill in hot pursuit. While everyone agrees itâs only polite to speak of getting motherâs body and moving her to a proper resting place, itâs well understood that digging up Willa Maeâs diamonds and pearls will make the whole trip a lot more worthwhile.
The enormously accomplished fiction debut from Suzan-Lori Parks, the 2002 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Getting Motherâs Body takes its place in the company of the classic works of Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. But when it comes to an ingenious, uproarious knack for depicting the trifling, hard-luck, down-and-out souls who need a little singing and laughing and lying and praying to get through the day, Suzan-Lori Parks shares the stage with no one.
From the Hardcover edition.
As Willa Maeâs only daughter, Billy is heiress to her motherâs substantial but unconfirmed fortuneâa cache of jewels that Willa Maeâs lover, Dill Smiles, is said to have buried with her. Dirt poor, living in a trailer with her Aunt June and Uncle Roosevelt behind a gas station in a tumbleweedy Texas town, and pregnant with an illegitimate child, Billy knows that treasure could mean salvation. So she steals Dillâs pickup truck and, with her aunt and uncle in tow, heads for Arizona with Dill in hot pursuit. While everyone agrees itâs only polite to speak of getting motherâs body and moving her to a proper resting place, itâs well understood that digging up Willa Maeâs diamonds and pearls will make the whole trip a lot more worthwhile.
The enormously accomplished fiction debut from Suzan-Lori Parks, the 2002 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Getting Motherâs Body takes its place in the company of the classic works of Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. But when it comes to an ingenious, uproarious knack for depicting the trifling, hard-luck, down-and-out souls who need a little singing and laughing and lying and praying to get through the day, Suzan-Lori Parks shares the stage with no one.
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Random House Inc (May 1, 2003)
9781400060221 | details & prices | 257 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Learning that a company plans to dig up the area where her mother is buried, supposedly with a cache of jewels, Billy Beede, poor and pregnant, heads for Arizona to rescue her mother's body and search for the jewels that could bring her a new life.
About: Learning that a company plans to dig up the area where her mother is buried, supposedly with a cache of jewels, Billy Beede, poor and pregnant, heads for Arizona to rescue her mother's body and search for the jewels that could bring her a new life.
Paperback
New edition from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (October 18, 2004)
9780007154647 | details & prices | 304 pages | 4.75 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $12.35
About: The debut novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is a gutsy, funny, tragic and completely original work for fans of William Faulkner and Alice Walker.
About: The debut novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is a gutsy, funny, tragic and completely original work for fans of William Faulkner and Alice Walker.
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
Unabridged edition from Random House (May 1, 2003)
9780739302972 | details & prices | 4.75 × 5.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $31.95
About: Learning that a company plans to dig up the area where her mother is buried, supposedly with a cache of jewels, Billy Beede, poor and pregnant, heads for Arizona to rescue her mother's body and search for the jewels that could bring her a new life.
About: Learning that a company plans to dig up the area where her mother is buried, supposedly with a cache of jewels, Billy Beede, poor and pregnant, heads for Arizona to rescue her mother's body and search for the jewels that could bring her a new life.
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