{"product_id":"the-revisioners-9781640092587","title":"The Revisioners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sexton takes on  Toni Morrison's artful invocation of the ghost] in her new novel \u003ci\u003eThe Revisioners\u003c\/i\u003e. . . She writes with such a clear sense of place and time that each of these intermingled stories feels essential and dramatic in its own way.\" --Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A powerful tale of racial tensions across generations.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1924, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephine's family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNearly one hundred years later, Josephine's descendant, Ava, is a single mother who has just lost her job. She moves in with her white grandmother, Martha, a wealthy but lonely woman who pays Ava to be her companion. But Martha's behavior soon becomes erratic, then threatening, and Ava must escape before her story and Josephine's converge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Revisioners\u003c\/i\u003e explores the depths of women's relationships--powerful women and marginalized women, healers and survivors. It is a novel about the bonds between mothers and their children, the dangers that upend those bonds. At its core, \u003ci\u003eThe Revisioners\u003c\/i\u003e ponders generational legacies, the endurance of hope, and the undying promise of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" A] stunning new novel . . . Sexton's writing is clear and uncluttered, the dialogue authentic, with all the cadences of real speech... This is a novel about the women, the mothers.\" ―\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640092587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d","brand":"Margaret Wilkerson Sexton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749637206091,"sku":"9781640092587","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_2f1898ad-495a-4643-b6cc-121497550e94.jpg?v=1597792499","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-revisioners-9781640092587","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}