02194cam a2200385 i 4500 497563557 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 160519s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016942112 9780446581769 hardback 0446581763 hardback 9781455541737 large print 1455541737 large print 9781478970941 signed edition 1478970944 signed edition (OCoLC)939705617 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda BDX BTCTA AZZPT OCLCQ JSE OCLCO JNE IUK ILC OCLCF OCLCO UAB UMS OCP OCLCO YT3 OCLCO OCL OCLCO IBI T7X OCLCO OCL OCLCO DLC TxAuBib rda Hicks, Robert, 1951- The orphan mother : a novel / by Robert Hicks. First edition. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2016. 312 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock the "Widow of the South"--Has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But, as they are through much of the South, changes are sweeping through the town and coming for Mariah. In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock the "Widow of the South," has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But changes are sweeping through the South, the town, and for Mariah. When her grown son Theopolis decides to speak at a political rally in town, a riot breaks out and he is murdered as he approaches the podium. Mariah must confront her own difficult truths-- and the conspiracy that resulted in her son's death may determine the fate of Tennessee itself. 20210101. African American women Fiction. Midwives Fiction. Tennessee History 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)