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In his barracks, Walter Burke is trying to write a letter to the parents of a fallen soldier, an Alabama man who died in a muddy rice paddy. But all he can think of is his childhood friend Lamar, the friend with whom he first experienced the fury of violence, on the streets of Birmingham, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The juxtaposition is so powerful—between war-torn Vietnam and terror-filled “Bombingham”—that he is drawn back to the summer that would see his transition from childish wonder at the world to his certain knowledge of his place in it.
Walter and Lamar were always aware of the terms of segregation—the horrendous rules and stifling reality. Their paper route never took them to the white areas of town. But that year, everything exploded. And so did Walter’s family. As the great movement swelled around them, the Burkes faced tremendous obstacles of their own. From a tortured past lingered questions of faith, and a terrible family crisis found its climax as the city did the same. In the streets of Birmingham, ordinary citizens risked their lives to change America. And for Walter, the war was just beginning.
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Alabama Noir (Hardcover)
Don Noble; Contributions by Ace Atkins, Tom Franklin, Anita Miller Garner, Suzanne Hudson, …
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R956
Discovery Miles 9 560
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Witness to a lynching in 1946, Lonnie is compelled to understand
the brutal event and investigate his own culpability. Set in
Georgia and drawn from real events, Anthony Grooms imagines his
story from the perspectives of both the victims and the
perpetrators. The Vain Conversation depicts a conversation in which
all Americans must be engaged. A foreword is provided by American
poet, painter, and novelist Clarence Major. An afterward is written
by T. Geronimo Johnson, the bestselling author of Welcome to
Braggsville and Hold It 'Til It Hurts.
An engrossing novel based on the true story of the 1946 lynching of
two black couples in Georgia Inspired by true events, The Vain
Conversation reflects on the 1946 lynching of two black couples in
Georgia from the perspectives of three characters-Bertrand Johnson,
one of the victims; Noland Jacks, a presumed perpetrator; and
Lonnie Henson, a witness to the murders as a ten-year-old boy.
Lonnie's inexplicable feelings of culpability drive him in a search
for meaning that takes him around the world and ultimately back to
Georgia, where he must confront Jacks and his own demons, with the
hopes that doing so will free him from the grip of the past. In The
Vain Conversation, Anthony Grooms seeks to advance the national
dialogue on race relations. With complexity, satire, and sometimes
levity, he explores what it means to redeem, as well as to be
redeemed, when dealing with America's race violence, and he speaks
to the broader issues of oppression and violence everywhere. A
foreword is provided by American poet, painter, and novelist
Clarence Major. An afterword is written by T. Geronimo Johnson, the
bestselling author of Welcome to Braggsville and Hold It 'Til It
Hurts.
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