Red
at the Bone: A Novel
by Jacqueline Woodson
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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of OPRAH MAGAZINE’S "BEST BOOKS OF 2019"
A
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
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"An
exquisite tale of family legacy….The power and poetry of Woodson’s writing
conjures up Toni Morrison." – People
"In
less than 200 sparsely filled pages, this book manages to encompass issues of
class, education, ambition, racial prejudice, sexual desire and orientation,
identity, mother-daughter relationships, parenthood and loss….With Red at the
Bone, Jacqueline Woodson has indeed risen — even further into the ranks of
great literature." – NPR
"This
poignant tale of choices and their aftermath, history and legacy, will resonate
with mothers and daughters." –Tayari Jones, bestselling author of An
American Marriage, in O Magazine
An
unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social
classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can
bind or divide us from each other, from the New York Times-bestselling and
National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming.
Moving forward and backward in
time, Jacqueline Woodson's taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that
history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and
relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child.
As the book opens in 2001, it
is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her
grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and
friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special
custom-made dress. But the event is not without poignancy. Sixteen years
earlier, that very dress was measured and sewn for a different wearer: Melody's
mother, for her own ceremony-- a celebration that ultimately never took place.
Unfurling the history of
Melody's parents and grandparents to show how they all arrived at this moment,
Woodson considers not just their ambitions and successes but also the costs,
the tolls they've paid for striving to overcome expectations and escape the
pull of history. As it explores sexual desire and identity, ambition,
gentrification, education, class and status, and the life-altering facts of
parenthood, Red at the Bone most strikingly looks at the ways in which young
people must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives--even before
they have begun to figure out who they are and what they want to be.
Product
details
File Size :
731 KB
Print Length : 207 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN : 0593086414
Publisher :
Riverhead Books (September 17, 2019)
Publication Date : September 17,
2019
Sold by : Amazon.com Services
LLC
Language : English
ASIN : B07PMZZX2Z
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