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The Price of a Child: A Novel : Cary, Lorene: Amazon.com.au: Books Kindle $6.99 Hardcover from $158.00 Paperback $43.29 Read sample Follow the author Lorene CaryLorene Cary Follow The Price of a Child: A Novel Paperback – 26 January 1996 by Lorene Cary (Author) 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (105) With Price of a Child--the story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855--Cary continues has created a work that elevates the reputation she created with Black Ice, her memoir which won her comparisons to Maya Angelou and Richard Wright. In a novel that examines the price of freedom and the value of a child's life, Price of a Child is "a stunning achievement...a deeply engrossing story.... Cary's impeccable research and seamless narrative carry us along" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
