The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Hardcover Book

Description: The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers A TOP TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A breathtaking and ambitious debut novel that chronicles the journey of multiple generations of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era, by prize-winning poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called Double Consciousness, a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Boiss words all too well.Ailey grows up in the north in the City but spends summers in the small Georgia town of Chicasetta, where her mothers family has lived since their ancestors arrived from Africa in bondage. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging thats made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma, as well as the whispers of women – her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuries – that urge her to succeed in their stead.To come to terms with her own identity, Ailey embarks on a journey through her familys past, uncovering the shocking tales of generations of ancestors – Indigenous, Black, and white – 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 – and the song – of America itself.An intimate yet sweeping novel with all the dazzling force of Yaa Gyasis Homegoing and Jesmyn Wards Sing, Unburied, Sing, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is unforgettable debut that is set to be one of the most talked about books of the year. Author Biography Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is an American poet and novelist, and a professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. She has published five collections of poetry and a novel. Review Astonishing… I lived in this novel for three weeks. It is long. It is a journey. It is something so remarkable Im not sure we collectively ever even dreamed it. Alice Walker, author of The Color PurpleA major, almost 800-page novel that beautifully, and traumatically, weaves a spell of a story about more than ten generations of an American family—indigenous, African and European. Its going to be a long time before I stop thinking about Ailey and Uncle Root. A remarkable work Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)Once in a while a book comes along whose scope in storytelling is breath-taking. Whose characters are so vivid they embody a sense of rich familiarity. A book I urge everyone to read. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is that book Sarah Winman, author of Still LifeThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is the kind of book that comes around only once a decade … With the depth of its intelligence and the breadth of its vision, Love Songs is simply magnificent Washington PostQuite simply the best book that I have read in a very, very long time… Just as Toni Morrison did in Beloved, Jeffers uses fiction to fill in the gaping blanks of those who have been rendered nameless and therefore storyless… A sweeping, masterly debut New York TimesJust as brilliant as it is necessary, just as intimate as it is expansive. An outstanding portrait of an American family and in turn, an outstanding portrait of America Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U GiveIts awe-inspiring. Massive, unflagging, gripping, gorgeous. A sweeping family saga that is also history at its most intimate and vital. I will be recommending it everyone I know. Unforgettable Stef Penney, author of The Tenderness of Wolves Promotional The International Bestseller & Oprah Book Club Pick Review Quote The kind of book that comes around only once a decade…Simply magnificent Washington PostQuite simply the best book that I have read in a very, very long time New York Times As brilliant as it is necessary, as intimate as it is expansive ANGIE THOMAS, author of The Hate U GiveBeautiful … In Jeffers deft hands, the story of race and love in America becomes the Great American Novel JACQUELINE WOODSON, author of Red at the Bone Promotional "Headline" The International Bestseller & Oprah Book Club Pick Feature The International Bestseller & Oprah Book Club Pick * INTERNATIONAL BUZZ: The book is already generating huge buzz internationally and has been named one of Peoples 5 Best Books of the Summer, a Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of the Year, a USA Today Hottest Summer Book, and an Observer Best Summer Book * HUGELY TALENTED AUTHOR: Honor Details ISBN0008516456 Author Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Pages 816 Publisher Harpercollins Publishers Year 2022 ISBN-10 0008516456 ISBN-13 9780008516451 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-03-02 UK Release Date 2022-03-02 Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-03-02 NZ Release Date 2022-03-02 Edited by Toshio Suga Birth 1955 Affiliation Marquette University Position Assistant Professor Qualifications Ph.D. Alternative 9780008516468 DEWEY 813.6 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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