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A Kind of Freedom: A Novel

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A Kind of Freedom: A Novel

Long-listed for the National Book Award
Winner of the Crook's Corner Prize
Winner of the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association
A New York Times Notable Book

â€œBrilliantly juxtaposing World War II, the â€™80s and post-Katrina present, Sexton follows three generations of a black New Orleans family as they struggle to bloom amid the poison of racism.â€ â€•People

Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. In 1982, Evelynâ€™s daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husbandâ€™s drug addiction. Jackieâ€™s son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didnâ€™t survive the storm. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. Margaret Wilkerson Sextonâ€™s critically acclaimed debut is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.
Country USA
Brand Counterpoint
Manufacturer Counterpoint
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 31250321
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-08-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781640091030

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