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Hillary Jordan

    September 27, 1963

    Hillary Jordan's novels delve into profound social issues and the complexities of human nature. Her acclaimed debut, recognized as a significant work of social justice, explores deep-seated societal problems with keen psychological insight. Jordan masterfully weaves themes of justice and resilience, offering readers compelling and thought-provoking narratives.

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    Mudbound - die Tränen von Mississippi
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    When She Woke
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    • Mudbound

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.0(358)Add rating

      This prize-winning novel is storytelling at the height of its powers: the ache of wrongs not yet made right, the fierce attendance of history made real (Barbara Kingsolver), as men and women from two families become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale.

      Mudbound
    • Hannah Payne is a RED. Her crime: MURDER. And her victim, says the state of Texas, was her unborn child.

      When She Woke
    • Twenty-seven well-known writers, their imaginations unleashed by anonymity...

      Anonymous sex
    • Mississippi, 1946: Um als Farmer einer Baumwollplantage Fuß zu fassen, ziehen Laura McAllan und ihr Mann aufs Land. Auf Mudbound gibt es weder fließendes Wasser noch Strom, und die McAllans erhalten Unterstützung durch die Jacksons, ihre afroamerikanischen Pächter. Als deren Sohn Ronsel gemeinsam mit Lauras Schwager Jamie aus dem Krieg in den kleinen Ort zurückkehrt, wird die Freundschaft der beiden Männer unterschiedlicher Hautfarbe schnell zu einer Herausforderung für beide Familien – und Missgunst und Ausgrenzung lassen die Stimmung bald kippen ...

      Mudbound - die Tränen von Mississippi