I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
by Susan Straight
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages368 pages
ISBN
9780385470124
Published
1992
Description
Beginning in the late 1950s, this novel tells the story of Marietta cook, a tall girl growing up in pine gardens, a gullah-speaking village in south carolina. When Marietta's mother dies, she heads to charleston in searc...Beginning in the late 1950s, this novel tells the story of Marietta cook, a tall girl growing up in pine gardens, a gullah-speaking village in south carolina. When Marietta's mother dies, she heads to charleston in search of her uncle - only to find a lover and return pregnant with twins two years later.