{"product_id":"9781627794534","title":"Absalom's Daughters : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAbsalom's Daughters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Suzanne Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding debut about half sisters, one black and one white, on a 1950s road trip through the American South\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelf-educated and brown-skinned, Cassie works full time in her grandmother’s laundry in rural Mississippi. Illiterate and white, Judith falls for “colored music” and dreams of life as a big city radio star. These teenaged girls are half-sisters. And when they catch wind of their wayward father’s inheritance coming down in Virginia, they hitch their hopes to a road trip together to claim what’s rightly theirs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In an old junk car, with a frying pan, a ham, and a few dollars hidden in a shoe, they set off through the American Deep South of the 1950s, a bewitchingly beautiful landscape as well as one bedeviled by racial strife and violence. Suzanne Feldman's\u003ci\u003e Absalom’s Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e combines the buddy movie, the coming-of-age tale, and a dash of magical realism to enthrall and move us with an unforgettable, illuminating novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Magnificent . . . . \u003cb\u003ereminiscent of both William Faulkner and Toni Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e, but her voice is entirely her own and \u003cb\u003eutterly original\u003c\/b\u003e. Feldman’s prose blisters and pops with sparks. . . . [T]here is a tart sweetness to Judith and Cassie’s interactions. In this novel, most things are not as they seem, and Feldman doesn't hew too close to reality . . . . \u003cb\u003eSearing and magical . . . by a monumental new talent\u003c\/b\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This willingness to take on difficult subjects makes Feldman \u003cb\u003ea writer to watch\u003c\/b\u003e....the two main characters are so endearing, \u003ci\u003eAbsalom's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean engrossing read\u003c\/b\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An \u003cb\u003eamazing\u003c\/b\u003e road trip novel for readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Help\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen House\u003c\/i\u003e.”—Jane Green’s “Summer Reading” \u003ci\u003eBook Bub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eSparkling\u003c\/b\u003e . . . combines magic and identity in \u003cb\u003ebreathtaking\u003c\/b\u003e ways.”—\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eUnforgettable.\u003c\/b\u003e”—\u003ci\u003eRefinery29        \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A \u003cb\u003ethrilling, compulsively readable\u003c\/b\u003e first novel. . . . The warmth that’s generated . . .  \u003cb\u003ecalls to my mind\u003c\/b\u003e a writer who’s great in a radically different way: \u003cb\u003eHarper Lee\u003c\/b\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Shawangunk Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A joy to read for Faulkner-philes . . . . \u003ci\u003eAbsalom’s Daughters \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ea fresh take on the Southern novel \u003c\/b\u003e. . . . Feldman does justice to the place and its people.”—\u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Well within the culture of its time . . . . \u003cb\u003eIdeal for fans of historical fiction\u003c\/b\u003e and those interested in learning about the grim realities of Jim Crow and the harshness of poverty in the 1950s.”—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eResonant and engrossing\u003c\/b\u003e . . . . The book \u003cb\u003ebreathes new life into the road trip story\u003c\/b\u003e both with its inclusion of magical realism and with its \u003cb\u003ememorable\u003c\/b\u003e pairing of two teenagers. . . .This \u003cb\u003ewarm\u003c\/b\u003e story with two endearing leads \u003cb\u003eoffers a new frame of understanding\u003c\/b\u003e for what it means to seek freedom, and what the seeker must give up in exchange.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Will appeal to \u003cb\u003eFaulkner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efans\u003c\/b\u003e . . . and to all who are intrigued by how two girls who \u003cb\u003ediscover their true identities\u003c\/b\u003e in a place determined to limit their options.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAbsalom’s Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e combines the buddy movie, the coming-of-age tale, and a dash of magical realism to enthrall and move readers with \u003cb\u003ean unforgettable, illuminating novel\u003c\/b\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cb\u003eBeautiful, funny, and wise\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbsalom's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving adventure and a powerful evocation of the Jim Crow South. Judith and Cassie's odyssey embodies America's long struggle to achieve compassion and justice despite our deep racial divide. By turns \u003cb\u003esweet and sly\u003c\/b\u003e, the story of these \u003cb\u003etwo perfectly realized sisters\u003c\/b\u003e inspired me and gave me hope. It could not be timelier, but it also \u003cb\u003eachieves the timelessness of truly great fiction\u003c\/b\u003e.”—Dennis Danvers, author of \u003ci\u003eWilderness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCircuit of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eAbsalom’s Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, we are taken into that place where only a really good novel is capable of going—\u003cb\u003ea world that completely absorbs us\u003c\/b\u003e. Starting in the rural segregated south of the 1950s, the novel drops us into a setting where we taste the dust off the back roads, and breathe in the fear and hope of those who travel along them. This is nothing we are just reading about; this is a space we are a part of. Through her styling, vernacular, and storytelling, Suzanne Feldman has created in \u003ci\u003eAbsalom’s Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ea novel that engages, entertains, provokes\u003c\/b\u003e, and ultimately reminds us of the complexity and fragility of being human in a world overcrowded with expectation and agenda.”—Adam Braver, author of \u003ci\u003eMr. Lincoln's Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAbsalom’s Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003ebeautiful and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e story, written with utmost authority.”—Hannah Pittard, author of \u003ci\u003eListen to Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sharp-eyed and witty, \u003ci\u003eAbsalom's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea delightful recipe\u003c\/b\u003e consisting of one part girls' road trip, one part family saga, and one part good old-fashioned Southern yarn. The path from Mississippi to Virginia is full of danger and Jim Crow bigotry, but Cassie and Judith are the perfect heroines to take it on. \u003cb\u003eAn absorbing read, full of heart!\u003c\/b\u003e”—Suzanne Rindell, author of \u003ci\u003eThree-Martini \u003c\/i\u003eLunch and \u003ci\u003eThe Other Typist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781627794534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40595210797262,"sku":"9781627794534","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781627794534","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}