The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Jan 22, 2013 - Beautiful and devastating, Ayana Mathis's The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is wondrous from first to last—glorious, harrowing, unexpectedly uplifting, and blazing with life. Mar 23, 2009 - See Neil Webb's portfolio and read all about their work at Début Art – the artist and illustrator agency in London. Mar 19, 2013 - Ayana Mathis' new novel 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie' is one powerful book. Dec 13, 2012 - Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and O, The Oprah Magazine announce the newest Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (Knopf). Hattie was part of the great migration north. Jan 12, 2013 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is a written by Ayana Mathis, a first time novelist. May 1, 2014 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie not only made me feel as if I could possibly be the thirteenth tribe (in a creepy allegorical sense), but it was a great book to read and dive into. Her father's blacksmith shop has been taken over by white men who have murdered him. The narrative was so relentlessly bleak I had to take the odd break to remind myself that joy exists in the world. Floyd always thought of himself as the oldest Shepherd child, even though the twins came before him. Jan 3, 2013 - That's when, as in the new novel The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis, doing your best just isn't good enough. Feb 28, 2013 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie opens with Hattie, seventeen in 1925, struggling to keep her sick twins alive. It is the story about the family of Hattie. Feb 14, 2014 - I found I couldn't read The Twelve Tribes of Hattie as a straight shot. May 18, 2013 - Hattie's story really begins in Georgia, when she is 15 and fleeing with her mother and sister. She is in a loveless marriage with a womanizer, August, that thought he could transition to being a “family man”. It's the story of a young black woman who moves north for a better life, but as so often in novels (and life), things don't quite turn out that way. Summary: In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Aug 29, 2013 - I took several weeks to read The Twelve Tribes of Hattie even though I easily could have finished it in a couple of days. Jan 20, 2013 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis was one of my most anticipated reads of 2013 – until publication was pushed up to December 2012 (after being chosen for Oprah's book club). Jun 14, 2013 - Title: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Author: Ayana Mathis Pages: 256.