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Mama Day (Paperback)
Gloria Naylor; Introduction by Robert Jones Jr
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With a new introduction by Robert Jones, Jr, author of The New York
Times bestselling novel, The Prophets 'Gloria Naylor is a brilliant
word-worker and a breathtaking story-teller. Mama Day is her
masterpiece' Tayari Jones 'A sweeping, ambitious, gorgeous novel -
takes you by the throat and refuses to let go. Mama Day is a
stone-cold masterpiece' Carmen Maria Machado Between Georgia and
South Carolina is an island you won't find on any map. Only a
single wooden bridge connects it to the world. In Willow Springs
people still honour their ancestors, who arrived as slaves back in
the time of Sapphira Wade, the 'true conjure woman' who set them
all free. It is said that Mama Day has inherited Sapphira's power.
She is a healer whose hands have delivered almost every soul on the
island - and rumour has it that she can summon lightning storms.
When Cocoa, her great-niece, returns to Willow Springs from New
York, she brings her husband, George. But can Mama Day save them
from the island's darker powers? Mama Day is a powerful story of
love, belonging, magic and inheritance. 'One of my favourite novels
of all time. Naylor's skill in weaving together culture,
heartbreak, joy, magic, terror, laughter, pain, and love - which is
to say, life - is extraordinary' Robert Jones, Jr
*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'This visionary and deeply evocative
debut carves a radiant love story out of the bleakest of
landscapes.' Waterstones - Best Books to Look Out For in 2021 'An
Outstanding novel' Guardian 'A lyrical, poetic novel' Independent
'Epic in its scale' Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf
'A rare marvel' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly
Gorgeous 'Magisterial' Courttia Newland, author of A River Called
Time 'A spellbinding debut' COSMO 'Ambitious and intense' Vanity
Fair ---------------------------- One of: The New York Times Book
Review's Books to Watch for in January The Washington Post's 10
Books to Read in January TIME's 10 New Books You Should Read in
January O, the Oprah Magazine's 32 LGBTQ Books That Will Change the
Literary Landscape in 2021 Cosmopolitan's New LGBTQ+ Books to Add
to Your Reading List BuzzFeed's Most Anticipated Historical Fiction
of 2021 Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 The Millions' Most
Anticipated Books of 2021 -------------------------- In this
blinding debut, Robert Jones Jr. blends the lyricism of Toni
Morrison with the vivid prose of Zora Neale Hurston to characterise
the forceful, enduring bond of love, and what happens when
brutality threatens the purest form of serenity. The Halifax
plantation is known as Empty by the slaves who work it under the
pitiless gaze of its overseers and its owner, Massa Paul. Two young
enslaved men, Samuel and Isaiah dwell among the animals they keep
in the barn, helping out in the fields when their day is done. But
the barn is their haven, a space of radiance and love - away from
the blistering sun and the cruelty of the toubabs - where they can
be alone together. But, Amos - a fellow slave - has begun to direct
suspicion towards the two men and their refusal to bend. Their
flickering glances, unspoken words and wilful intention, revealing
a truth that threatens to rock the stability of the plantation. And
preaching the words of Massa Paul's gospel, he betrays them. The
culminating pages of The Prophets summon a choral voice of those
who have suffered in silence, with blistering humanity, as the day
of reckoning arrives at the Halifax plantation. Love, in all its
permutations, is the discovery at the heart of Robert Jones Jr's
breathtaking debut, The Prophets.
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