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Title Statement | Perish: a novel / LaToya Watkins. |
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Author | Watkins, LaToya |
Publication | ©2022[New York, NY]: Tiny Reparations Books,[2022] |
Extent of Item | 322 pages |
ISBN | 9780593185919 0593185919 |
Other Number | 4413900 |
Summary | "Julie B., a woman who regrets her wasted youth and the time spent under Helen Jean's thumb; Alex, a police officer grappling with a dark and twisted past; Jan, mother of two, who yearns to go to school and leave Jerusalem and all of its trauma behind for good; And Lydia, a woman whose marriage is falling apart because her body can't seem to stay pregnant; as they're called home to say goodbye to their mother and grandmother, Helen Jean. Told through alternating chapters, and set in a vividly drawn, tight-knit rural, Black Texan community, PERISH explores the effects of inherited trauma and intra-generational violence and pain as the family's "reunion" unearths long-kept secrets and forces each member to ask themselves important questions about who is deserving of forgiveness and who bears the cross of blame. With powerful, sharp prose and a sense of place that is wholly immersive, offering a nuanced look into black communites in Texas, this beautiful yet heart-wrenching debut novel will pull you in and drop you into the world LaToya has masterfully crafted within the pages"--Provided by publisher. |
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By Topic | Rural families--Fiction |
African American families--Fiction--Texas | |
By Location | Texas--Fiction |