A grandmother begins the story / Michelle Porter.
"Carter is a young mother, recently separated. She is curious, angry, and on a quest to find out what the heritage she only learned of in her teens truly means. Allie, Carter's mother, is trying to make up for the lost years with her first born, and to protect Carter from the hurt she herself suffered from her own mother. Lucie wants the granddaughter she's never met to help her join her ancestors in the Afterlife. And Geneviève is determined to conquer her demons before the fire inside burns her up, with the help of the sister she lost but has never been without. Meanwhile, Mamé, in the Afterlife, knows that all their stories began with her; she must find a way to cut herself from the last threads that keep her tethered to the living, just as they must find their own paths forward. This extraordinary novel, told by a chorus of vividly realized, funny, wise, confused, struggling characters--including descendants of the bison that once freely roamed the land--heralds the arrival of a stunning new voice in literary fiction."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643755182
- ISBN: 1643755188
- Physical Description: 322 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2023]
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- Magic realist fiction.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | FIC POR (Text) | 30229101329539 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Benhaven Public Library | F Por (Text) | 33630005246637 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Porter (Text) | 37807000057943 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | F PORTER (Text) | 31781068793635 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | F POR (Text) | 31250200088149 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Corolla Library | F POR (Text) | 39488600179339 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F POR (Text) | 0020660168814 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fairview Library | F POR (Text) | 0020660168822 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | FIC POR (Text) | 31420621416653 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Por (Text) | 30308101344746 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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