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- Author: John Gregory Brown
- Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
- ISBN-10: 1643360183
- ISBN-13: 9781643360188
- Format: 13.3 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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A luminous and heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret
John Gregory Brown's debut novel examines family, race, and faith in a heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret. The story centers on the Eagen family of New Orleans, Irish Catholics of "mixed blood" in a city where race defines destiny. In 1965 Thomas Eagen and his twelve-years-old twins, Meredith and Lowell, abruptly drive off, leaving his second wife, Catherine, and their home. As they cross Lake Pontchartrain, a section of the bridge collapses, injuring Murphy Warrington, an African American man who once worked for Thomas's father. Murphy becomes the catalyst for a series of revelations about Thomas's light-skinned black mother and the reasons she abandoned her husband and son when Thomas was an infant.
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- Author: John Gregory Brown
- Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
- ISBN-10: 1643360183
- ISBN-13: 9781643360188
- Format: 13.3 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
A luminous and heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret
John Gregory Brown's debut novel examines family, race, and faith in a heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret. The story centers on the Eagen family of New Orleans, Irish Catholics of "mixed blood" in a city where race defines destiny. In 1965 Thomas Eagen and his twelve-years-old twins, Meredith and Lowell, abruptly drive off, leaving his second wife, Catherine, and their home. As they cross Lake Pontchartrain, a section of the bridge collapses, injuring Murphy Warrington, an African American man who once worked for Thomas's father. Murphy becomes the catalyst for a series of revelations about Thomas's light-skinned black mother and the reasons she abandoned her husband and son when Thomas was an infant.
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