Título: The Revisioners - a Novel
Autor: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Sinopse: In 1924, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephine’s family. Nearly one hundred years later, Josephine’s descendant, Ava, is a single mother who has just lost her job. She moves in with her white grandmother, Martha, a wealthy but lonely woman who pays Ava to be her companion. But Martha’s behavior soon becomes erratic, then threatening, and Ava must escape before her story and Josephine’s converge. The Revisioners explores the depths of women’s relationships?powerful women and marginalized women, healers and survivors. It is a novel about the bonds between mothers and their children, the dangers that upend those bonds. At its core, The Revisioners ponders generational legacies, the endurance of hope, and the undying promise of freedom. Acabamento: Hardcover. Peso: 500g. Dimensões: 23 x 16 x 1.4.
Contexto da obra
Dentro do catálogo, este livro pode ser situado a partir do tema, da autoria e da proposta editorial. “The Revisioners – a Novel”, de Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, publicado pela editora Counterpoint Press, em 2019 e com 288 páginas, integra a categoria Romance - Estrangeiro. Esse enquadramento pode tornar mais clara a proposta do livro e o tipo de interesse que ele costuma despertar.
Editora: Counterpoint Press
Páginas: 288
Ano: 2019
Edição: 1ª EDIÇÃO
Linguagem: Inglês
ISBN:
ISBN13: 9781640092587
