Hillary Jordan Libros

En esta premiada novela, los prejuicios se manifiestan de manera sutil y brutal. En 1946, Laura McAllan, una mujer de ciudad, lucha por criar a sus hijos en la granja del Delta del Misisipi de su esposo, un lugar que le resulta extraño y aterrador. Dos jóvenes regresan de la guerra para trabajar la tierra: Jamie McAllan, cuñado de Laura, es encantador y atormentado por sus recuerdos de combate, mientras que Ronsel Jackson, hijo de los aparceros negros de la granja, regresa como un héroe de guerra, pero es tratado como menos que humano en el Sur. La improbable amistad entre estos compañeros de armas impulsa la historia hacia una conclusión inexorable. Las tragedias que enfrentan ambos grupos familiares son de una escala épica. La novela es conmovedora y memorable, con personajes que resuenan profundamente, evocando empatía, ira y amor. Se presenta como un himno a la lucha humana y al deseo de crear un mundo mejor, al tiempo que critica a quienes obstaculizan ese progreso. La autora, ganadora del Premio Bellwether, combina la responsabilidad social con la habilidad de entretener, ofreciendo una narrativa poderosa y reflexiva sobre el pasado dividido de América.

Hannah Payne's life has been devoted to church and family. But after she's convicted of murder, she awakens in a new body to a nightmarish new life. She finds herself lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes--criminals whose skin color has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime--is a sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red for the crime of murder. The victim, says the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she shared a fierce and forbidden love.A powerful reimagining of "The Scarlet Letter," "When She Woke" is a timely fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of the not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated, and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith and love.

Twenty-seven well-known writers, their imaginations unleashed by anonymity...