Gathering of Waters
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781617750328 (1617750328)
Publish date: January 31st 2012
Publisher: Akashic Books
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
African American,
Southern,
Race
I can't fully articulate my love for this book without giving away too much of the story, so I'll just say, READ IT. From the very first page, the words grabbed me and didnt let go until the very last page. The way the author weaves together the supernatural and the real is like none other that I ha...
Quiet, luminous little tale based on the real-life murder of Emmett Till by two white men in 1950s Mississippi. McFadden uses this historical event to peg a family history, stretching into the past and future. I could have used a little more complexity and the magical elements did not specially appe...
Since I finished this book, it has haunted me.As I move through my day, images, phrases, characters, tensions, joys, and sorrows from Gathering of Waters sneak up on me when I least expect them. This is probably only fitting, as McFadden presents in her novel a multi-generational story, told by the ...
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