Sentences with phrase «powerful debut novel»
Gorgeously written, with extraordinary insight and emotional truth, Nancy Jensen's powerful debut novel illuminates the far - reaching power of family and family secrets.
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This powerful debut novel about a 14 - year - old black boy who leaves the rough streets of East Cleveland for a predominantly white boarding school in Maine offers an unflinchingly honest look at race relations.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi This powerful debut novel shares stories of the interconnected generations impacted by the legacy of slavery.
Susan Nussbaum has created a powerful debut novel, the winner of this year's Barbara Kingsolver's PEN / Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.
In Roxane Gay's stark, powerful debut novel, An Untamed State, Mireille Duval Jameson's idyllic life is ripped apart when she is kidnapped for ransom in her wealthy parents» homeland of Haiti.
A powerful debut novel about a girl's coming of age — and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war.
This powerful debut novel, which took Irishman O'Neill 10 years to write, is the story of two boys and their tragic involvement in the 1916 Easter Uprising.
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This powerful debut is the winner of the 2016 PEN / Bellwether Prize for fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice.
This stunning second novel from Philipp Meyer (following his critically praised debut, American Rust) combines epic storytelling, Texas tragedy and raw, powerful writing.
- Allison Pearson, bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It, presenting the Lucy Cavendish Award «The Well is... a powerful novel for our anxious times, and an exciting debut.»
Sebold's beautiful debut novel is a powerful and unique coming - of - age story.
A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels.
Told in a haunting and powerful first - person narration that casts the streets of Washington, D.C., and Addis Ababa through Sepha's eyes, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears is a deeply affecting and unforgettable debut novel about what it means to lose a family and a country - and what it takes to create a new home.
Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes, and learning to forgive.
A powerful novel about two twin sisters struggling to survive World War II, a debut about the love between a man and his dog, and a probing memoir about singleness and art — all surefire hits for your next book club!
A brilliant debut novel that brings to life an abandoned hospital where a tough - minded doctor decides to harbor a hunted young girl, with powerful consequences.
The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy.
A bestselling Australian writer's American debut and a heart - wrenching novel of World War I, painting a portrait of the changing role of women in medicine and the powerful legacy of love.
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen A startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
«An assured fiction debut... Like Richard Russo's novel Empire Falls, it smartly dissects and dynamics of small - town relationships and the interplay between prominent families and the less powerful over several generations... carefully constructed... you'll fall for «Swan.»