Dolen Perkins-Valdez - Böcker

Finalist i Goodreads Choice Awards. Utvald till en av Årets bästa böcker av Amazon. " En stundtals outhärdligt stark berättelse som inte går att sluta läsa." EXPRESSEN SÖNDAG "Civil Townsend är klok nog att ifrågasätta sig själv och...

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AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB Montgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But...

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Finalist i Goodreads Choice Awards. Utvald till en av Årets bästa böcker av Amazon. " En stundtals outhärdligt stark berättelse som inte går att sluta läsa.", EXPRESSEN SÖNDAG "Civil Townsend är klok nog att ifrågasätta sig själv och sina handling...

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Finalist i Goodreads Choice Awards. Utvald till en av Årets bästa böcker av Amazon. " Ta min hand är en juvel till bok." WASHINGTON POST TA MIN HAND är en oförglömlig berättelse om kärlek och mod, systerskap och solidaritet, inspirerad av verkliga...

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"Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze… an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption, the dangers of good intentions, and the folly of believing anyone can decide what's best for another's life."-Celeste N...

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In her debut, Perkins-Valdez eloquently plunges into a dark period of American history . . . Heart-wrenching, intriguing, original, and suspenseful, this novel showcases [the author's] ability to bring the unfortunate past to life.--"Publishe...

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Dolen Perkins-Valdezs enchanting and unforgettable novel, based on little-known fact, combines the narrative allure of Cane River by Lalita Tademy and the moral complexities of Edward P. Joness The Known World as it tells the story of four blacken...

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Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez is startling and original fiction that raises provocative questions of power and freedom, love and dependence. An enchanting and unforgettable novel based on little-known fact, Wench combines the narrative allure of C...

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The New York Times bestselling author of Wench returns to the Civil War era to explore the next chapter of history—the trauma of the War and the end of slavery—in this powerful story of love and healing about three people who struggle ...

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The New York Times bestselling author of Wench returns to the Civil War era to explore the next chapter of history—the trauma of the War and the end of slavery—in this powerful story of love and healing about three people who struggle ...

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"Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze… an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption, the dangers of good intentions, and the folly of believing anyone can decide what's best for another's life."-Celeste N...

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Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make the...

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A woman learns the astonishing truth of her family’s ties to a vanished American Kingdom in this riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of Take My Hand . Nikki Berry hasn’t seen her gra...

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THE WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT THAT BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'SHATTERING' SIGRID NUNEZ 'BEAUTIFUL' USA TODAY 'UNFORGETTABLE' TAYARI JONES In 1850s Ohio, a free territory before the Civil War, Tawawa House is an idyll...

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HOPE CAN SET YOU FREE . . . 'GORGEOUS' WASHINGTON POST 'MOVING' USA TODAY 'RIVETING' VALERIE MARTIN The Civil War has ended, and Madge, Sadie, and Hemp have each come to Chicago in search of a new life. Born with magi...

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"Published in 2022 by arrangement with Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a divsion of Penguin Random House LLC."--Title page verso.

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'Unforgettable' Celeste Ng 'One hell of a book' Stylist 'Heartbreaking and utterly immersive' Kirsty Capes 'Deeply moving' AJ Pearce 'Wonderful' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Magnificent' Bonnie Ga...

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AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERSMontgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.But when her fi...

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The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery.The story that ins...

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