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Title	:	The Darkest Child
Author	:	Delores Phillips
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2005 by Soho Press (first published 2004)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. African American. Race

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Bakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest. Rozelle--beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned--exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment, she pulls them from school at the age of twelve and sends them to earn their keep for the household, whether in domestic service, in the fields, or at "the farmhouse" on the edge of town, where Rozelle beds local men for money.

But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle's grasp without ruinous--even fatal--consequences?

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Original Title:	The Darkest Child
ISBN:	1569473781 (ISBN13: 9781569473788)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Debut Fiction (2005)

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The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips is soul wrenching horrendous. One would never believe that a Mother could so deeply harm a child, let alone "10" of them, emotionally, spiritually, physically and mentally. Rozelle is a woman who is Pure Evil! She cares for no one, not even herself. Unfortunately, the reader never finds out why Rozelle is the way she is. She's hateful, spiteful, souless, and completely mental. She has 10 children by 10 different men. Most are as white as she is with one

A woman has ten children and beats them senseless almost every week. She takes her teenage daughters to "The Farmhouse" to turn them into prostitutes--just like herself. Her children live in a town filled with racial tensions, yet they must face worse at home. Tangy Mae, the narrator, is the daughter who loves school and wants to figure out a way out of the town. Yet what she must go through in order to do that, at the hands of her own mother, is horrific.Here's a dialogue between mother and

Can I tell you that I didn't want this book to end?! I absolutely love these sort of books! First of all, I was compelled to read it because I kept noticing it in searches for books. The title and the cover can also be credited for drawing me in. For some reason it was relatable even though my family is nowhere near as dysfunctional as this one. The book deals with topics like an unfit mother who struggles to survive by any means, lack of self-esteem, poverty, racism, etc. This book is not for

I don't know where to start with this book! It's set in 1950s Georgia where Rozelle (Rosie) Quinn is living in extreme poverty with her ten children. She's a Black woman who's light enough to pass for white; all of her children are varying shades of light skin, expect for Tangy Mae--she's the darkest (and smartest) of the children. Rosie dislikes Tangy's dark skin and she thinks she's lazy because she would rather get her high school diploma instead of dropping out to find work.Tangy Mae tells



Heart wrenching but well written and thought out. It's hard when you know the fiction was and probably is someone's truth. Just a reminder to be grateful.

Heart breaking, Disturbing, Sad, Curious story that you just can not stop reading. ...If that is the introduction that I give it then why did I keep reading? Because this is a book you can't put down. Like the cruel, startling evening newscast that you just keep watching. Like video of an accident you know is about to happen but you can't turn away. Because I am a hopeful person. I hoped that through all that was happening something would stop the injustice, something would stop the abuse and