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Coleman Hill: A Novel Audiobook by Kim Coleman Foote
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ID: 685098
Title: Coleman Hill: A Novel
Author: Kim Coleman Foote
Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:30:04
Language: English
Release date: 09-06-23
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature, Sagas
Summary:
Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations. In 1916, Celia Coleman and Lucy Grimes flee the racism and poverty of their homes in the postCivil War South for the Promised Land of the North. But soon they learn that even in Vauxhall, New Jersey, black women are mainly hired for domestic work, money is scarce, children dont progress in school, and black men die young. Within a few short years, both womens husbands are dead. Left to navigate this unwelcoming place alone, Celia and Lucy turn to one another for support in raising their children far from home. They become one anothers closest confidantes and, encouraged by their mothers friendship, their childrens lives become enmeshed as well. However, with this closeness comes complication. As the children grow into adolescence, two are caught in an impulsive act of impropriety, and Celia and Lucy find themselves at irreconcilable odds over whos to blame. The ensuing fallout has dire consequences that reverberate through the next two generations of their families. A stunning biomythographya word coined by the late great writer Audre LordeColeman Hill draws from the authors own family legend, historical record, and fervent imagination to create an unforgettable new history.
Contact: [email protected]
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By hotaudiobook.comListen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free
ID: 685098
Title: Coleman Hill: A Novel
Author: Kim Coleman Foote
Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:30:04
Language: English
Release date: 09-06-23
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature, Sagas
Summary:
Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations. In 1916, Celia Coleman and Lucy Grimes flee the racism and poverty of their homes in the postCivil War South for the Promised Land of the North. But soon they learn that even in Vauxhall, New Jersey, black women are mainly hired for domestic work, money is scarce, children dont progress in school, and black men die young. Within a few short years, both womens husbands are dead. Left to navigate this unwelcoming place alone, Celia and Lucy turn to one another for support in raising their children far from home. They become one anothers closest confidantes and, encouraged by their mothers friendship, their childrens lives become enmeshed as well. However, with this closeness comes complication. As the children grow into adolescence, two are caught in an impulsive act of impropriety, and Celia and Lucy find themselves at irreconcilable odds over whos to blame. The ensuing fallout has dire consequences that reverberate through the next two generations of their families. A stunning biomythographya word coined by the late great writer Audre LordeColeman Hill draws from the authors own family legend, historical record, and fervent imagination to create an unforgettable new history.
Contact: [email protected]