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Moonrise over New Jessup : a novel
Published 2023 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
ISBN 9781643752464
Bib Id 1193729
Edition First edition.
Description 336 pages 336 pages ; 23 cm
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9781643752464 (hardcover) $28.00
1643752464
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FIC Minnicks
Title
Moonrise over New Jessup : a novel
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
2023 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill :
Description
336 pages 336 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
"It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in love with Raymond Campbell, whose clandestine organizing activities challenge New Jessup's status quo and could lead to the young couple's expulsion-or worse-from the home they hold dear. But as Raymond continues to push alternatives for enhancing New Jessup's political power, Alice must find a way to balance her undying support for his underground work with her desire to protect New Jessup from the rising pressure of upheavals both in and out of town"--
Awards
2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
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Historical fiction.
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