Perish

A Novel

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Beschreibung

<b>“A brave triumph of a novel that readers won’t forget long after finishing it.”—<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i></b><br><b>Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by <i>Good Morning America * Essence* Esquire * The Root * Bustle * Ebony * PopSugar * Ms. * The Millions</i></b><br><br><b>Finalist for the Reading the West Book Award<br><br>Longlisted for the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award</b><br><br><i>Bear it or perish yourself</i>. Those are the words Helen Jean hears that fateful night in her cousin’s outhouse that change the trajectory of her life. <br><br>Spanning decades, <i>Perish</i> tracks the choices Helen Jean—the matriarch of the Turner family—makes and the way those choices have rippled across generations. We meet four members of the Black Texan family: 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, a mother of two who yearns to go to school and leave Jerusalem, Texas, behind for good; and Lydia, a woman whose marriage is falling apart because her body can’t seem to stay pregnant.<br><br>Called home to say goodbye to their mother and grandmother, each family member is forced to confront long-kept secrets and ask themselves important questions about who is deserving of forgiveness and who bears the cross of blame. Set in vividly drawn Texas, this beautiful yet heart-wrenching novel explores the intricacies of family and the ways bonds can be made, maintained, or irrevocably broken.<br><br><b>“This novel will serve as a hand extended through the darkness to a great many of its readers.”<i>—Star Tribune </i>(Minneapolis)</b><br><br><b>“Like Walker’s <i>The Color Purple </i>and Toni Morrison’s <i>The Bluest Eye, Perish </i>lures readers past the pain with a spellbinding, buoyant use of language.”—<i>Texas Monthly</i></b><br><br><b>“Miraculous and moving, light glimmers at the edges of this wise novel.”<i>—Esquire</i

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780593185926

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

203 x 137 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House