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Take My Hand
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Verlag: | Phantom Press eBook |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 23.01.2024 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9785864719336 |
Sprache: | Russisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 448 |
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Beschreibungen
Winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
"Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze…an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption."—Celeste Ng
Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible injustice done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
But when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients, Erica and India, are children—just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family's welfare benefits, that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. Until one day she arrives at their door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them.
Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace, and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten. That must not be forgotten.
Because history repeats what we don't remember.
Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.
"Highlights the horrific discrepancies in our healthcare system and illustrates their heartbreaking consequences."—Essence
"Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze…an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption."—Celeste Ng
Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible injustice done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
But when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients, Erica and India, are children—just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family's welfare benefits, that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. Until one day she arrives at their door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them.
Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace, and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten. That must not be forgotten.
Because history repeats what we don't remember.
Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.
"Highlights the horrific discrepancies in our healthcare system and illustrates their heartbreaking consequences."—Essence
Долен Перкинс-Вальдез – автор бестселлеров «Девушка» (2010), «Бальзам» (2015) и «Держи меня за руку» (2022). Последний роман назвали «самой ожидаемой книгой 2022 года» многие издания – Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, NBC News и другие. Роман стал финалистом премии Goodreads Choice Award и был назван редакцией Amazon в числе 20 лучших книг год. В 2023 году он был удостоен литературных премии NAACP Image Award и BCALA. Аудиоверсия «Держи меня за руку» названа лучшей аудиокнигой в 2022 года.
Американская ассоциация адвокатов недавно наградила этот роман престижной премией «Серебряный молоток» – за «выдающееся произведение, способствующее пониманию американской общественностью права и правовой системы. Долен Перкинс-Вальдез преподает на кафедре литературы Американского университета и живет в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия.
Американская ассоциация адвокатов недавно наградила этот роман престижной премией «Серебряный молоток» – за «выдающееся произведение, способствующее пониманию американской общественностью права и правовой системы. Долен Перкинс-Вальдез преподает на кафедре литературы Американского университета и живет в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия.