{"product_id":"gathering-of-waters-paperback","title":"Gathering of Waters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernice L. McFadden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--One of \u003cem\u003eEssence'\u003c\/em\u003es \"Best Books of the Decade\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eGathering of Waters wa\u003c\/em\u003es a finalist for a Phillis Wheatley Fiction Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"McFadden works a kind of miracle--not only do [her characters] retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises . . . Beautiful and evocative, \u003cem\u003eGathering of Waters\u003c\/em\u003e brings three generations to life . . . The real power of the narrative lies in the richness and complexity of the characters. While they inhabit these pages they live, and they do so gloriously and messily and magically, so that we are at last sorry to see them go, and we sit with those small moments we had with them and worry over them, enchanted, until they become something like our own memories, dimmed by time, but alive with the ghosts of the past, and burning with spirits.\" --Jesmyn Ward, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review, \u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Read it aloud. Hire a chorus to chant it to you and anyone else interested in hearing about civil rights and uncivil desires, about the dark heat of hate, about the force of forgiveness.\" --Alan Cheuse, \u003cem\u003eAll Things Considered, NPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eGathering of Waters\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply engrossing tale narrated by the town of Money, Mississippi--a site both significant and infamous in our collective story as a nation. Money is personified in this haunting story, which chronicles its troubled history following the arrival of the Hilson and Bryant families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tass Hilson and Emmet Till were young and in love when Emmett was brutally murdered in 1955. Anxious to escape the town, Tass marries Maximillian May and relocates to Detroit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Forty years later, after the death of her husband, Tass returns to Money and fantasy takes flesh when Emmett Till's spirit is finally released from the dank, dark waters of the Tallahatchie River. The two lovers are reunited, bringing the story to an enchanting and profound conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGathering of Waters\u003c\/em\u003e mines the truth about Money, Mississippi, as well as the town's families, and threads their history over decades. The bare-bones realism--both disturbing and riveting--combined with a magical realm in which ghosts have the final say, is reminiscent of Toni Morrison's \u003cem\u003eBeloved\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs strange as this may sound, Bernice L. McFadden has created a magical, fantastic novel centered around the notorious tragedy of Emmett Till's murder. This is a startling, beautifully written piece of work.\u003cbr\u003e--Dennis Lehane, author of \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In her new novel, \u003ci\u003eGathering of Waters, \u003c\/i\u003e Bernice L. McFadden brings her own special vision to the unfortunate story of Emmett Till and his murder in Money, Mississippi. This moving and magical novel, which traces the generations leading up to and away from that horrible night in 1955, drew me in immediately and swept me along through its richly imagined world. I couldn't stop reading, caught up as I was in that enticing place between truth and fantasy, the here-and-now and the what-was, the living and the dead, the ugliness and the beauty, the hatred and the love. What a rich chorus of voices Bernice L. McFadden has fashioned from this place called Money.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Lee Martin, author of \u003ci\u003eBreak the Skin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Forever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs strange as this may sound, Bernice L. McFadden has created a magical, fantastic novel centered around the notorious tragedy of Emmett Till's murder. This is a startling, beautifully written piece of work.\u003cbr\u003e--Dennis Lehane, author of \u003cem\u003eMystic River\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In her new novel, \u003cem\u003eGathering of Waters, \u003c\/em\u003e Bernice L. McFadden brings her own special vision to the unfortunate story of Emmett Till and his murder in Money, Mississippi. This moving and magical novel, which traces the generations leading up to and away from that horrible night in 1955, drew me in immediately and swept me along through its richly imagined world. I couldn't stop reading, caught up as I was in that enticing place between truth and fantasy, the here-and-now and the what-was, the living and the dead, the ugliness and the beauty, the hatred and the love. What a rich chorus of voices Bernice L. McFadden has fashioned from this place called Money.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Lee Martin, author of \u003cem\u003eBreak the Skin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bright Forever\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels including the classic \"Sugar\" and \"Glorious, \" which was featured in \"O, The Oprah Magazine, \" selected as the debut title for the One Book, One Harlem program, and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. She is a two-time Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award finalist, as well as the recipient of two fiction honor awards from the BCALA. Her sophomore novel, \"The Warmest December, \" was praised by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison as \"searing and expertly imagined.\" McFadden lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770644103456,"sku":"9781617750311","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da24f75a2a8603401b9757953316fe29.webp?v=1780376151","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gathering-of-waters-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}