The Price of a Child

An intimate, gripping novel of the antebellum Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwomana debut novel from the author of the stunning memoir Black Ice (New York Times)."A stunning achievement ... a deeply engrossing story." The Philadelphia InquirerWith Price of a Childthe story of Ginnie Pryor (cook, mistress and servant to a Virginia planter) and her struggle with slavery in 1855Lorene 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, Cary has created an authentic American heroinea woman who finds voice for the appalling loss and bitterness of her past, and who creates within herself a new humanity.