In the Upper Country

Name: In the Upper Country
Brand: John Murray Press
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2023292In the Upper Countryhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/in-the-upper-country-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/187762/08fe5b22-24a8-49ce-b9bb-fd71271ab08c.jpg?v=638440156274500000234266MXNJohn Murray PressInStock/Ebooks/WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD COSMOPOLITANS 10 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF 2023Fresh and propulsive . . . a veneration of those whose tales are often forgotten New York TimesA mesmerizing, lyrical testament to the power of storytelling Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Fiction Prize judgesFreedom, you cant get and bury, and keep it and keep it so it wont ever go away. No, child. You got to swing your freedom like a club.In 1859, deep in the forests of Canada, an elderly woman sits behind bars. She came to Dunmore via the Underground Railroad to escape enslavement, but an American bounty hunter tracked her down. Now shes in jail for killing him, and the fragile peace of Dunmore, a town settled by people fleeing the American south, hangs by a thread.Lensinda Martin, a smart young reporter, wants to gather the womans testimony before she can be condemned, but the old woman has no time for confessions. Instead she proposes a barter: a story for a story.As the women swap stories - of family and first loves, of survival and freedom against all odds - Lensinda must face her past. And it seems the old woman may carry a secret that could shape Lensindas destiny.Travelling along the path of the Underground Railroad from the American South to British Canada, from the Indigenous nations around the Great Lakes, to the Black refugee communities of Canada, In the Upper Country is an unforgettable debut about the interwoven history of peoples in North America, slavery and resistance, and two women reckoning with the stories theyve been given, and the ones they want to tell....1983814In the Upper Country234266https://www.gandhi.com.mx/in-the-upper-country-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/187762/08fe5b22-24a8-49ce-b9bb-fd71271ab08c.jpg?v=638440156274500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781529389623_W3siaWQiOiI4MjA2YzFjNi1iN2MzLTRkYzItOGQ2Zi0xNWQ2MmM5MmVhYWUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjMwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIyMSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781529389623_Freedom, you cant get and bury, and keep it and keep it so it wont ever go away.No, child.You got to swing your freedom like a club.In 1859, deep in the forests of Canada, an elderly woman sits behind bars. She came to Dunmore via the Underground Railroad to escape enslavement, but an American bounty hunter tracked her down. Now shes in jail for killing him, and the fragile peace of Dunmore, a town settled by people fleeing the American south, hangs by a thread.Lensinda Martin, a smart young reporter, wants to gather the womans testimony before she can be condemned, but the old woman has no time for confessions. Instead she proposes a barter: a story for a story.As the women swap stories - of family and first loves, of survival and freedom against all odds - Lensinda must face her past. And it seems the old woman may carry a secret that could shape Lensindas destiny.Travelling along the path of the Underground Railroad from the American South to British Canada, from the Indigenous nations around the Great Lakes, to the Black refugee communities of Canada, In the Upper Country is an unforgettable debut about the interwoven history of peoples in North America, slavery and resistance, and two women reckoning with the stories theyve been given, and the ones they want to tell....(*_*)9781529389623_WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD COSMOPOLITANS 10 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF 2023Fresh and propulsive . . . a veneration of those whose tales are often forgotten New York TimesA mesmerizing, lyrical testament to the power of storytelling Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Fiction Prize judgesFreedom, you cant get and bury, and keep it and keep it so it wont ever go away. No, child. You got to swing your freedom like a club.In 1859, deep in the forests of Canada, an elderly woman sits behind bars. She came to Dunmore via the Underground Railroad to escape enslavement, but an American bounty hunter tracked her down. Now shes in jail for killing him, and the fragile peace of Dunmore, a town settled by people fleeing the American south, hangs by a thread.Lensinda Martin, a smart young reporter, wants to gather the womans testimony before she can be condemned, but the old woman has no time for confessions. Instead she proposes a barter: a story for a story.As the women swap stories - of family and first loves, of survival and freedom against all odds - Lensinda must face her past. And it seems the old woman may carry a secret that could shape Lensindas destiny.Travelling along the path of the Underground Railroad from the American South to British Canada, from the Indigenous nations around the Great Lakes, to the Black refugee communities of Canada, In the Upper Country is an unforgettable debut about the interwoven history of peoples in North America, slavery and resistance, and two women reckoning with the stories theyve been given, and the ones they want to tell....9781529389623_John Murray Presslibro_electonico_fe6bb5db-fefa-35e5-9d7a-80ad28e17152_9781529389623;9781529389623_9781529389623Kai ThomasInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-ef2728fb-5e73-4a71-8fd0-e2e83e225088.epub2023-01-12T00:00:00+00:00John Murray Press