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4188958A Kind of Freedomhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-kind-of-freedom-9781473679603/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2600364/08fe5b22-24a8-49ce-b9bb-fd71271ab08c.jpg?v=638384195676830000263309MXNJohn Murray PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award</strong></p><p><strong>Luminous . . . a writer of uncommon nerve and talent <em>New York Times</em></strong></p><p>Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves.</p><p>In 1982, Evelyns daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husbands drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life.</p><p>Jackies son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didnt survive the storm. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges, T.C. decides to start over-until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal.</p><p>For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. <em>A Kind of Freedom</em> is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.</p>...4124745A Kind of Freedom263309https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-kind-of-freedom-9781473679603/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2600364/08fe5b22-24a8-49ce-b9bb-fd71271ab08c.jpg?v=638384195676830000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179781473679603_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_<p><strong>Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award</strong></p><p><strong>Luminous . . . a writer of uncommon nerve and talent <em>New York Times</em></strong></p><p>Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves.</p><p>In 1982, Evelyns daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husbands drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life.</p><p>Jackies son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didnt survive the storm. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges, T.C. decides to start over-until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal.</p><p>For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. <em>A Kind of Freedom</em> is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.</p>(*_*)9781473679603_<p><strong>Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award</strong></p><p><strong>Luminous . . . a writer of uncommon nerve and talent <em>New York Times</em></strong></p><p>Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves.</p><p>In 1982, Evelyns daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husbands drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life.</p><p>Jackies son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didnt survive the storm. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges, T.C. decides to start over-until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal.</p><p>For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. <em>A Kind of Freedom</em> is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.</p>...9781473679603_John Murray Presslibro_electonico_35f9f22a-badb-3033-9947-a08b4de0e502_9781473679603;9781473679603_9781473679603Margaret WilkersonInglésMéxico2017-12-14T00:00:00+00:00John Murray Press