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6250366Blessings and Disastershttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/blessings-and-disasters-9781250206213/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/5794125/image.jpg?v=638884372920170000283393MXNHenry Holt and Co.InStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>From a <em>New Yorker</em> staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.</strong></p><p>In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster.</p><p>Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomerythe former seat of the Confederacyas the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her familys story with Alabamas, defying stereotypes about her endlessly complex, often-pigeonholed home state. She immerses us in a landscape dominated today not by cotton fields but by Amazon warehouses, encountering high-powered Christian business leaders lobbying for tribal sovereignty and small-town women coming out against conservative politics. Okeowo shows how people can love their home while still acknowledging its sins.</p><p>In this perspective-shifting work that is both an intimate memoir and a journalistic triumph, Okeowo investigates her life, other Alabamians lives, and the states lesser-known histories to examine why Alabama has been the stage for the most extreme results of the American experiment.</p>...5954834Blessings and Disasters283393https://www.gandhi.com.mx/blessings-and-disasters-9781250206213/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/5794125/image.jpg?v=638884372920170000InStockMXN99999PR_DIEbook20259781250206213_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9781250206213_<p><strong>From a <em>New Yorker</em> staff writer and PEN Award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.</strong></p><p>In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster.</p><p>Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery, Alabamathe former seat of the Confederacyas the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her familys story with her states, from Alabamas forced removal of the Creek nation, making room for enslaved West Africans, to present-day legislative battles for evolution disclaimers in biology textbooks. She immerses us in the landscape, no longer one of cotton fields but rather one dominated by auto plants and Amazon warehouses. Defying stereotypes at every turn, Okeowo shows how people can love their home while still acknowledging its sins.</p><p>In this emotional, perspective-shifting work that is both a memoir and a journalistic triumph, Okeowo investigates her life, other Alabamians lives, and the states lesser-known histories, to examine why Alabama has been the stage for the most extreme results of the American experiment.</p>...(*_*)9781250206213_<p><strong>From a <em>New Yorker</em> staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.</strong></p><p>In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster.</p><p>Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomerythe former seat of the Confederacyas the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her familys story with Alabamas, defying stereotypes about her endlessly complex, often-pigeonholed home state. She immerses us in a landscape dominated today not by cotton fields but by Amazon warehouses, encountering high-powered Christian business leaders lobbying for tribal sovereignty and small-town women coming out against conservative politics. Okeowo shows how people can love their home while still acknowledging its sins.</p><p>In this perspective-shifting work that is both an intimate memoir and a journalistic triumph, Okeowo investigates her life, other Alabamians lives, and the states lesser-known histories to examine why Alabama has been the stage for the most extreme results of the American experiment.</p>...9781250206213_Henry Holt and Co.libro_electonico_9781250206213_9781250206213Alexis OkeowoInglésMéxico2025-08-05T00:00:00+00:002025-08-05T00:00:00+00:00Henry Holt and Co.