Amity

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Baton Rouge, 1869. The Civil War might be over, but former slaves Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, the siblings were separated when their old master, Mr. Harper, took June away on a hair-brained quick money scheme to Mexico, where he hoped to escape the new reality of the post-war South. Coleman stayed behind in Louisiana to serve the Harper family, clinging to the hope that one day Mr. Harper would bring June back to him. When an unexpected letter from Mr. Harper arrives, summoning Coleman and the Harper family to Mexico, Coleman thinks that finally his prayers have been answered. What Coleman cannot know is the tangled truth of June’s tribulations under Mr. Harper out in the Mexican frontier. And soon, when disaster strikes Coleman’s journey, he is forced on the run with Mr. Harper’s daughter, Florence.

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The highly anticipated second novel from the author of the Booker-longlisted THE SWEETNESS OF WATER

Amity is deeply adventurous and astonishingly beautiful’ Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets
‘I didn’t want to put the book down’ ? ? ? ? ? reader review
‘A writer of great lyricism and power’ i paper
I had tears streaming down my face for the last chapter and epilogue’ ? ? ? ? ? reader review
‘Harris will win over the hearts of many readers’ Financial Times
‘It is simply A D#MN GOOD BOOK’ ? ? ? ? ? reader review
‘Masterful’ Oprah Winfrey

Louisiana, 1869.
The Civil War might be over, but former slaves Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, the siblings were separated when their old master, Mr Harper, took June away on a hair-brained scheme to Mexico, to escape the new reality of the post-war South. Coleman stayed behind to serve the Harper family, clinging to the hope that Mr Harper would one day bring June back to him.

When an unexpected letter from Mr Harper arrives, summoning Coleman and the Harper family to Mexico, Coleman believes his prayers have been answered. But what he cannot know is the tangled truth of June’s tribulations and Mr Harper’s true intentions. As Coleman and June separately navigate a perilous, parched landscape to find their way back to each other, they learn quickly that freedom isn’t always given – sometimes, it must be taken by force.

THE SWEETNESS OF WATER:
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK, AN OBAMA SUMMER READING SELECTION, SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE, LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

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Weight 0.5 kg
Dimensions 23.6 × 16 × 3.2 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K