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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021
AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION
FINALIST FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL ā¢ LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION ā¢ A FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION ā¢ SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ā¢ LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ā¢ A NOMINEE FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD
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An Instant Washington Post, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller
"Epicā¦. I was just enraptured by the lineage and the story of this modern African-American familyā¦. A combination of historical and modern storyāIāve never read anything quite like it. It just consumed me."Ā āOprah Winfrey, Oprah Book Club Pick
An Indie Next PickĀ ā¢ A New York Times Book Everyone Will Be Talking AboutĀ ā¢ A People 5 Best Books of the SummerĀ ā¢ A Good Morning America 15 Summer Book Club Picks ā¢ An Essence Best Book of the SummerĀ ā¢ A Washington Post 10 Books of the Month ā¢ A CNN Best Book of the Month ā¢ A Time 11 Best Books of the MonthĀ ā¢ A Ms. Most Anticipated Book of the YearĀ ā¢ A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of the YearĀ ā¢ A BookPage Writer to Watch ā¢ A USA Today Book Not to Miss ā¢ A Chicago Tribune Summer Must-Read ā¢ An Observer Best Summer Book ā¢ A Millions Most Anticipated Book ā¢ A Ms. Book of the Month ā¢ A Well-Read Black Girl Book Club Pick ā¢ A BiblioLifestyle Most Anticipated Literary Book of the Summer ā¢ A Deep South Best Book of the SummerĀ ā¢ WinnerĀ of an AudioFile Earphones AwardĀ
The 2020 NAACP Image Award-winning poet makes her fiction debut with this National Book Award-longlisted, magisterial epicāan intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of Homegoing; Sing, Unburied, Sing; and The Water Dancerāthat chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era.Ā
The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called āDouble Consciousness,ā a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Boisās words all too well. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americansāthe revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother Pearl, the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmersāAiley carries Du Boisās Problem on her shoulders.
Ailey is reared in the north in the City but spends summers in the small Georgia town of Chicasetta, where her motherās family has lived since their ancestors arrived from Africa in bondage. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging thatās made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma, as well as the whispers of womenāher mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuriesāthat urge Ailey to succeed in their stead.
To come to terms with her own identity, Ailey embarks on a journey through her familyās past, uncovering the shocking tales of generations of ancestorsāIndigenous, Black, and whiteāin the deep South. In doing so Ailey must learn to embrace her full heritage, a legacy of oppression and resistance, bondage and independence, cruelty and resilience that is the storyāand the songāof America itself.
This book title, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (An Oprah's Book Club Pick) - 9780062942951, ISBN: 9780062942951, by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, published by HarperCollins (June 21, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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