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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Henderson, Eleanor.     Subjects     Depressions -- 1929 -- Southern States -- Fiction.     Prohibition -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Race relations -- History -- Fiction.     Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Henderson, Eleanor.       by title:      The Twelve-Mile Stra...       by call number:      FICTION HEN     Search the Web     Henderson, Eleanor.     Depressions -- 1929 -- Southern States -- Fiction.     Prohibition -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Race relations -- History -- Fiction.     Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The Twelve-Mile Straight : a novel / Eleanor Henderson. by Henderson, Eleanor. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. Call #: FICTION HEN Subjects Depressions -- 1929 -- Southern States -- Fiction.   Prohibition -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.   Race relations -- History -- Fiction.   Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.   Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780062422088 (hc.) Alternate title:  12-Mile Straight : a novel Description:  543 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "Cotton County, Georgia, 1930: in a house full of secrets, two babies - one light-skinned, the other dark - are born to Elma Jesup, a white sharecropper’s daughter. Accused of her rape, field hand Genus Jackson is lynched and dragged behind a truck down the Twelve-Mile Straight, the road to the nearby town. In the aftermath, the farm’s inhabitants are forced to contend with their complicity in a series of events that left a man dead and a family irrevocably fractured. Despite the prying eyes and curious whispers of the townspeople, Elma begins to raise her babies as best as she can, under the roof of her mercurial father, Juke, and with the help of Nan, the young black housekeeper who is as close to Elma as a sister. But soon it becomes clear that the ties that bind all of them together are more intricate than any could have ever imagined. As startling revelations mount, a web of lies begins to collapse around the family, destabilizing their precarious world and forcing all to reckon with the painful truth. Acclaimed author Eleanor Henderson has returned with a novel that combines the intimacy of a family drama with the staggering presence of a great Southern saga. Tackling themes of racialized violence, social division, and financial crisis, The Twelve-Mile Straight is a startlingly timely, emotionally resonant, and magnificent tour de force."--From publisher. Genre:  Black fiction. Family saga. Historical fiction. Literary fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION HEN Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION HEN Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Black Fiction FICTION HEN Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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