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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A New York Times Bestselling Novel Oprah Book Club Pick

AuthorHonorace Fanonne Jeffers
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Price2395

A TOP TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICKONE OF BARACK OBAMAâ€™S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEARâ€˜Astonishingâ€¦ A great work infused with love and honestyâ€™ Alice Walker, author of The Color Purpleâ€˜Deeply movingâ€¦ it is magnificentâ€™ Sarah Winman, author of Still Lifeâ€˜A remarkable workâ€™ Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)â€˜Epicâ€¦ It just consumed me' Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Book Clubâ€˜The kind of book that comes around only once a decade' Washington PostA breath-taking debut novel that chronicles the journey of generations of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade to our own tumultuous eraThe great scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called â€˜Double Consciousness,â€™ a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois's words all too well.From an early age, Ailey fights a battle to feel like she belongs, made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma, as well as the whispers of women â€“ her mother, her sister and a maternal line reaching back two centuries â€“ that urge her to succeed in their stead.Ailey decides to embark on a journey through her family's past, uncovering the shocking tales of generations of ancestors â€“ Indigenous, Black, and white â€“ in the deep South. In doing so she must learn to embrace her full heritage, a legacy of oppression and resistance, bondage and independence, cruelty and resilience that is the story â€“ and the song â€“ of America itself.Sweeping, compulsive and deeply moving, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by HonorÃ©e Fanonne Jeffers is set to be one of the most talked about books of the year.LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION â€¢ SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE â€¢ LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN LITERARY PRIZENew York Times 10 Best Books of the Year â€¢ Time 10 Best Books of the Year â€¢ Washington Post 10 Best Books of the Year â€¢ People 10 Best Books of the Year â€¢ Booklist 10 Best First Novels of the Year

Publisher Harper Collins UK
Publication Date 24/08/2021
Number of Pages 816
Binding Trade Paper Back
ISBN 9780008516482
Category Fiction

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