When the Reckoning Comes

Name: When the Reckoning Comes
Brand: HarperCollins
SKU: 9780063035041
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Автор: LaTanya McQueen

Език:

Корици: С меки корици

Издател: HarperCollins

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A haunting novel about a black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the ho...

Информация за книгата

Автор

LaTanya McQueen

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2021

страници

256

EAN

9780063035041

ISBN

0063035049

Enbook ID

35379389

Издател

HarperCollins

Теглоt

196

Размери

203 x 135 x 21

Пълно описание

A haunting novel about a black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind.More than a decade ago, Mira fled her small, segregated hometown in the south to forget. With every mile she traveled, she distanced herself from her past: from her best friend Celine, mocked by their town as the only white girl with black friends; from her old neighborhood; from the eerie Woodsman plantation rumored to be haunted by the spirits of slaves; from the terrifying memory of a ghost she saw that terrible day when a dare-gone-wrong almost got Jesse-the boy she secretly loved-arrested for murder.But now Mira is back in Kipsen to attend Celine's wedding at the plantation, which has been transformed into a lush vacation resort. Mira hopes to reconnect with her friends, and especially, Jesse, to finally tell him the truth about her feelings and the events of that devastating long-ago day.But for all its fancy renovations, the Woodsman remains a monument to its oppressive racist history. The bar serves antebellum drinks, entertainment includes horrifying reenactments, and the service staff is nearly all black. Yet the darkest elements of the plantation's past have been carefully erased-rumors that slaves were tortured mercilessly and that ghosts roam the lands, seeking vengeance on the descendants of those who tormented them, which includes most of the wedding guests. As the weekend unfolds, Mira, Jesse, and Celine are forced to acknowledge their history together, and to save themselves from what is to come.

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