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Plot introduction

Set in Petal, Mississippi, a small town at the close of the 1950s, this novel tells the story of the 28-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew up an orphan, and Valuable Korner, a 15-year-old white girl, who is the daughter of the town prostitute and an unknown father. They are both separately seeking the family, love, and affection they had not had before, until their paths cross owing to their common acquaintance of loner mystic Joody Two Sun.

Characters in Mother of Pearl

Even Grade – 28-year-old black man

Valuable Korner – 15-year-old white girl

Bea – white woman, partner of Neva

Canaan Mosley – black man, older friend and neighbor of Even Grade

Enid Korner – Valuable's mother

Luvenia Korner – Valuable's grandmother, Enid's mother

Grace Johnson – black woman, caretaker of Joleb

Jackson McLain – white boy, friend of Valuable and father of Pearl

Joleb Green – white boy, friend of Valuable

Joody Two Sun – black-Indian woman, partner of Even Grade

Louise Green – aunt of Joleb

Neva – white woman, partner of Bea

Pearl – son of Valuable and Jackson

Russ (Father Russell L. Landry) – Catholic priest

References

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Contents

Plot introduction

Characters in Mother of Pearl

References