1047537Jubalhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/jubal/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/388224/356a61d5-5536-4e1e-afc7-1afb7b8742c5.jpg?v=638334495268200000188229MXNArcadia PublishingInStock/Ebooks/A black mans entanglement with a white family leads to trouble in this historical novel set in Depression Era Mississippi.To everyone in the small town of Linville, Mississippi, Jubal Jefferson is known simply as Dummy. A large black man who almost never speaks, he is forever pulling his mothers laundry wagon around town. Little else is known about himapart from the fact that his father disappeared after the flood of 1927.For as long as anybody can remember, the Dunaway family have been hard-working, decent people. They are a perfect white family in a town sharply divided along racial lines. But appearances can be deceiving, and lines are meant to be crossed. When the familys good fortune is nearly destroyed, the children find an unlikely friend in Jubal.After fire engulfs the Dunaway family home, Jubal risks his life to save the children. But his act of heroism comes into question when the mother is found dead. Now Jubal faces his greatest fearcoming under suspicion in a community that offers no second chances to people like him....1039792Jubal188229https://www.gandhi.com.mx/jubal/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/388224/356a61d5-5536-4e1e-afc7-1afb7b8742c5.jpg?v=638334495268200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20039781455606863_W3siaWQiOiI4N2RkYTNkNS03ZjM3LTQwYmUtOWEwOC02ZDY3NTg4NmYzNDciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDQtMjNUMjI6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781455606863_"Dummy" is big. He is black. He doesn¿t speak. To everybody in Linville, Mississippi, he¿s a familiar sight, pulling his wagonload of laundry for his mother. What people remember most about him and his family is the way his father died after being accused of bothering a white woman, and Jubals own act of violence while working the levee after the flood of 1927.Crossing racial lines, and against codes of propriety for the well-respected Dunaway family, the children, Sarah and Lucas Dunaway, befriend Jubal Jefferson. When a fire breaks out in their home, Jubal "Dummy" Jefferson saves his friends¿ lives but is accused of murder, forcing him to face his greatest fear and forcing a town to decide whether justice is blind and whether Jubal is really who they think he is. Part elegy to small-town childhood, full of suspense, and written with a sensitivity and attention to detail that reveals the complexity of how we see and treat those who are different, this gripping first novel holds echoes of classic works of Southern fiction, such as Harper Lee¿s To Kill a Mockingbird . The idea for Jubal, Gary Penleys third effort to sow the seeds of his unique past, sprang from an old family story in which his wifes ancestor had a slave named Dummy who was deaf and mute. In Jubal, Penley integrates his disciplined writing style and his extensive travels in the South; the result is a concise yet poignant portrait of one mans struggle within his community and against his greatest fear. Thus, Penleys narrative captures his impression of the South as at once "beautiful, serene, violent, [and] unfathomable."...(*_*)9781455606863_A black mans entanglement with a white family leads to trouble in this historical novel set in Depression Era Mississippi.To everyone in the small town of Linville, Mississippi, Jubal Jefferson is known simply as Dummy. A large black man who almost never speaks, he is forever pulling his mothers laundry wagon around town. Little else is known about himapart from the fact that his father disappeared after the flood of 1927.For as long as anybody can remember, the Dunaway family have been hard-working, decent people. They are a perfect white family in a town sharply divided along racial lines. But appearances can be deceiving, and lines are meant to be crossed. When the familys good fortune is nearly destroyed, the children find an unlikely friend in Jubal.After fire engulfs the Dunaway family home, Jubal risks his life to save the children. But his act of heroism comes into question when the mother is found dead. Now Jubal faces his greatest fearcoming under suspicion in a community that offers no second chances to people like him....9781455606863_Arcadia Publishinglibro_electonico_49d08a87-5261-3d2e-b104-ee1d66befff5_9781455606863;9781455606863_9781455606863Gary PenleyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-4ed8142a-2900-42b5-b5a3-eff988fc8a09.epub2003-05-31T00:00:00+00:00Arcadia Publishing