Getting Mother's Body

{{Short description|2003 debut novel by Suzan-Lori Parks}}

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Getting Mother's Body: A Novel is the 2003 debut novel by Suzan-Lori Parks. It reimagines William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying as about an African American family in Texas in 1963.{{Cite book|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/126998/getting-mothers-body-by-suzan-lori-parks/9780812968002/|title=Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com|language=en-US}}