Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

Miranda Day, known as Mama Day, is the elderly matriarch of Willow Springs, a small sea island off the southeast coast of the United States. Mama Day finds herself pitted in mortal combat with dark forces that threaten the body and soul of her beloved great-niece, Cocoa, who has gone mainside and married an urban northerner. Mama Day will use her ancient knowledge of herbal medicine and her judicious but dangerous use of magical powers in this bitter struggle.

Gloria Naylor (1950-2016) was born in New York City and grew up there. She graduated from Brooklyn College with a BA in English and Yale University with an MA in Afro-American Studies. The Women of Brewster Place, her first novel, won the National Book Award for first fiction in 1983. Linden Hills (Penguin), Mother Day, Bailey's Cafe, and The Men of Brewster Place are among her other works. Tayari Jones (foreword) is the New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage, which was chosen by Oprah for her Book Club and is a favorite of Barack Obama, as well as Silver Sparrow, The Untelling, and Leaving Atlanta. She is a professor-at-large at Cornell University and an Emory University professor of creative writing.

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ISBN 13	9780679721819
ISBN 10	0679721819
Title	Mama Day
Author	Gloria Naylor
Series	Vintage Contemporaries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1989-04-23
Number of pages	336
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