{"product_id":"coleman-hill-1","title":"Coleman Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize - Shortlisted for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Debut Author \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Noteworthy Book for September - A \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e Spectacular Book of the Month \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e Good Summer Reading Pick - A \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e Books By Black Authors We Can't Wait to Read - A\u003ci\u003e The Millions\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- A Tertulia Best Indie Publisher Book of 2023 - A \u003ci\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/i\u003e Debut Books to Read in September - A \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Top Pick for Reading Season - A \u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e Top Pick for Fall 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eColeman Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1916, during the early days of the Great Migration, Celia Coleman and Lucy Grimes flee the racism and poverty of their homes in the post-Civil War South for the \"Promised Land\" of Vauxhall, New Jersey. But the North possesses its own challenges and bigotries that will shape the fates of the women and their families over the next seventy years. Told through the voices of nine family members--their perspectives at once harmonious and contradictory--\u003ci\u003eColeman Hill \u003c\/i\u003eis a penetrating multigenerational debut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin ten years of arriving in Vauxhall, both Celia and Lucy's husbands are dead, and they turn to one another for support in raising their children far from home. Lucy's gentleness sets Celia at ease, and Celia lends Lucy her fire when her friend wants to cower. Encouraged by their mothers' friendship, their children's lives become enmeshed as well. As the children grow into adolescence, two are caught in an impulsive act of impropriety, and Celia and Lucy find themselves at irreconcilable odds over who's to blame. The ensuing fallout has dire consequences that reverberate through the next two generations of their families. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning biomythography--a word coined by the late great writer Audre Lorde--\u003ci\u003eColeman Hill \u003c\/i\u003edraws from the author's own family legend, historical record, and fervent imagination to create an unforgettable new history. The result is a kaleidoscopic novel whose intergenerational arc emerges through a series of miniatures that contain worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Once in a while, a writer comes along with a brilliance that stops the breath. Kim Coleman Foote is that writer.\" --Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRed at the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece. Brilliant, vivid, heartbreaking, epic, beautiful, raw and true . . . This is the American story.\" ―Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Less Is Lost\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kim Coleman Foote has the rare talent of completely immersing you in time and place . . . A sweeping yet intimate family saga.\" --Sarah Jessica Parker","brand":"Kim Coleman Foote","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46716741157100,"sku":"9781638931706","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781638931706.jpg?v=1754438671","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/coleman-hill-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}