Mathis, Ayana. <br/><br/>
The twelve tribes of Hattie  
Ayana Mathis. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  c2012. 
 - 243 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Traces the story of Great Migration-era mother Hattie Shepherd, who in spite of poverty and a dysfunctional husband uses love and Southern remedies to raise nine children and prepare them for the realities of a harsh world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385350280  24.95 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012010779 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American women--Fiction.<br/>African American families--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Fiction.<br/>African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century--Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Domestic fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3613.A82847  / T76 2012