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008			180221t20182018nyua 000 1 eng d
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035			_a(OCoLC)1023802429 _z(OCoLC)986977922 _z(OCoLC)1014307294 _z(OCoLC)1026472501
037			_bHarpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 _nSAN 200-2086
043			_an-us--- _an-us-ms
092			_aGwin, _bMinrose
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aGwin, Minrose, _eauthor. _9349798
245	1	0	_aPromise / _cMinrose Gwin.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_ax, 386 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aIn the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart, one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager, fight for their familieś survival in this lyrical and powerful novel ́Gwin's gift shines in the complexity of her characters and their fraught relationships with each other, their capacity for courage and hope, coupled with their passion for justice. -- Jonis Agee, bestselling author of The River Wife A few minutes after 9 p.m. on Palm Sunday, April 5, 1936, a massive funnel cloud flashing a giant fireball and roaring like a runaway train careened into the thriving cotton-mill town of Tupelo, Mississippi, killing more than 200 people, not counting an unknown number of black citizens, one-third of Tupelo's population, who were not included in the official casualty figures. When the tornado hits, Dovey, a local laundress, is flung by the terrifying winds into a nearby lake. Bruised and nearly drowned, she makes her way across Tupelo to find her small family; her hardworking husband, Virgil, her clever sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Dreama, and Promise, Dreama's beautiful light-skinned three-month-old son. Slowly navigating the broken streets of Tupelo, Dovey stops at the house of the despised McNabb family. Inside, she discovers that the tornado has spared no one, including Jo, the McNabb's dutiful teenage daughter, who has suffered a terrible head wound. When Jo later discovers a baby in the wreckage, she is certain that she's found her baby brother, Tommy, and vows to protect him. During the harrowing hours and days of the chaos that follows, Jo and Dovey will struggle to navigate a landscape of disaster and to battle both the demons and the history that link and haunt them. Drawing on historical events, Minrose Gwin beautifully imagines natural and human destruction in the deep South of the 1930s through the experiences of two remarkable women whose lives are indelibly connected by forces beyond their control. A story of loss, hope, despair, grit, courage, and race, Promise reminds us of the transformative power and promise that come from confronting our most troubled relations with one another.
520			_a"In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart--one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager--fight for their families' survival in this lyrical and powerful novel." -- Publisher annotation.
520			_aA devastating tornado rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression. Dovey, a black laundress, searches for her family. At the McNabb house she find the daughter of the house, Jo, who suffered a head wound. When a baby is found in the wreckage is it Jo's baby brother, Tommy, or Dovey's light-skinned great-grandson, Promise? The two women-- one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager-- are fighting for their families' survival in the aftermath of the tornado.
650		0	_aAfrican American women _vFiction. _927527
650		0	_aTeenage girls _vFiction. _93298
650		0	_aTornadoes _vFiction. _951951
650		0	_aNatural disasters _vFiction. _966470
650		0	_aRace relations _vFiction. _97122
651		0	_aTupelo (Miss.) _xHistory _y20th century _vFiction. _9349799
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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