{"product_id":"9781638931140","title":"Coleman Hill","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Once in a while, a writer comes along with a brilliance that stops the breath. Kim Coleman Foote is that writer.” —Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eRed at the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A masterpiece. Brilliant, vivid, heartbreaking, epic, beautiful, raw and true . . . This is the American story.” ―Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eLess Is Lost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e“Kim Coleman Foote has the rare talent of completely immersing you in time and place . . . A sweeping yet intimate family saga.” —Sarah Jessica Parker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eColeman Hill \u003c\/i\u003eis the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1916, Celia Coleman and Lucy Grimes flee the racism and poverty of their homes in the post–Civil War South for the “Promised Land” of the North. But soon they learn that even in Vauxhall, New Jersey, black women are mainly hired for domestic work, money is scarce, children don’t progress in school, and black men die young.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin a few short years, both women’s husbands are dead. Left to navigate this unwelcoming place alone, Celia and Lucy turn to one another for support in raising their children far from home. They become one another’s closest confidantes and, encouraged by their mothers’ friendship, their children’s lives become enmeshed as well. However, with this closeness comes complication. As the children grow into adolescence, two are caught in an impulsive act of impropriety, and Celia and Lucy find themselves at irreconcilable odds over who’s to blame. The ensuing fallout has dire consequences that reverberate through the next two generations of their families.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA stunning biomythography—a word coined by the late great writer Audre Lorde—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eColeman Hill \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003edraws from the author’s own family legend, historical record, and fervent imagination to create an unforgettable new history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Coleman Foote","offers":[{"title":"Zando |  Hardback | With printed dust jacket |  2023-09-05","offer_id":44229827854591,"sku":"9781638931140","price":36.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6f6c951e-56fd-4480-99f0-b1f6f9594ad8.jpg?v=1692983753","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781638931140","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}