# The Price of a Child

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- Authors: [Lorene Cary](https://www.bookquiver.com/lorene-cary)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-467-2
- Pages: 336
- Published: 1996-06-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An intimate, gripping novel of the antebellum Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwoman—a debut novel from the author of the “stunning memoir”...