James McBride

From the bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Oprah Book Club-picked, Barack Obama favourite James McBride, a must-read novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN'I keep thinking every time I read one of his books, "That's his best book." No. THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETTTHE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERBARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKAMAZON.COM #1 BOOK OF THE YEARBOOK OF THE YEAR IN: THE GUARDIAN, NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY AND WASHINGTON POSTWINNER OF THE 2023 KIRKUS FICTION PRIZEIn 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.As the story moves back in time to the 1930s and the characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.

Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henrys master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave townwith Brown, who believes hes a girl.Over the ensuing months, Henrywhom Brown nicknames Little Onionconceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859one of the great catalysts for the Civil War.An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBrides meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.

In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave named Liz Spocott breaks free from her captors and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland's eastern shore, setting loose a drama of violence and hope among slave catchers, plantation owners, watermen, runaway slaves, and free blacks. Liz is near death, wracked by disturbing visions of the future, and armed with "the Code," a fiercely guarded cryptic means of communication for slaves on the run. Liz's flight and her dreams of tomorrow will thrust all those near her toward a mysterious, redemptive fate.

Based on the historical incident of an unspeakable massacre at the site of Sant'Anna Di Stazzema, a small village in Tuscany, and on the experiences of the famed Buffalo soldiers from the 92nd Division in Italy during World War II, MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA is a singular evocation of war, cruelty, passion, and heroism. It is the story of four American Negro soldiers, a band of partisans, and an Italian boy who encounter a miracle - though perhaps the true miracle lies in themselves.Traversing class, race, and geography, MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA is above all a hymn to the brotherhood of man and the power to do good that lives in each of us.

The acclaimed novel is now a major motion picture directed by Spike Lee, coming to theaters Sept. 28. For more information, click here. Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.

I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' LOUISE KENNEDY'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN'THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETTTHE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERBARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKAMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEARBOOK OF THE YEAR IN: THE GUARDIAN, NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY AND WASHINGTON POSTIn 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where Jewish immigrants and African Americans lived side by side through the 1920s and '30s.

Una inolvidable historia de solidaridad y humanidad entre distintas comunidades en los Estados Unidos de 1930.Su mejor libro. Ann PatchettUna de esas novelas que se convierten en parte de ti. ? Su mejor obra. Harlan CobenAdore este libro. Bonnie Garmus, autora de Lecciones de quimicaIncluso en medio de lo mas perverso de la humanidad, pueden salvarnos el amor, la comunidad y la accion. The New York Times Book ReviewUna oda maravillosa a la fuerza de la humanidad en un pequeño pueblo. TimeUna de las mejores novelas del año. NPR En 1972, cuando unos obreros de la ciudad de Pottstown (Pensilvania) excavan los cimientos de una nueva urbanizacion, lo ultimo que esperan encontrar es un esqueleto en el fondo de un pozo. De quien es ese esqueleto y como ha llegado hasta alli son dos de los secretos que esconde Chicken Hill, el humildisimo barrio donde judios inmigrantes y afroamericanos comparten ambiciones y penas. Y alli, en Chicken Hill, cuarenta años antes de ese descubrimiento, vivian Moshe y Chona Ludlow: Moshe organizaba conciertos en el teatro que habia fundado y Chona regentaba la tienda de comestibles El Cielo y la Tierra. En los años en que el Ku Klux Klan se enseñoreaba y los puestos importantes los ocupaban los blancos, esta novela narra la odisea de varias comunidades que osan enfrentarse a las injusticias. Lo demostraran el dia en que el Estado vino a buscar a un niño sordo para internarlo en un terrible centro, y Nate Timblin, el conserje del teatro de Moshe y lider oficioso de la comunidad negra de Chicken Hill, tomo cartas en el asunto.

Hijo de un hombre negro y una mujer blanca, James McBride creció con sus once hermanos en un barrio pobre de Brooklyn. Su madre, una mujer ferozmente protectora, con «ojos oscuros llenos de energía y fuego», siempre se preocupó por la educación de su prole. Les exigió buenas calificaciones en la escuela mientras ella debía trabajar largas jornadas para llevar un poco de pan y leche a casa. Por el color de su piel y cierto aire extravagante, desde niño McBride vio a su madre como una fuente de vergüenza, preocupación y confusión. Llegados los treinta, decide explorar su pasado y vuelve sobre sus pasos para descubrir la verdadera historia de Rachel Shilsky, una mujer judía que a los diecisiete años huyó de una vida familiar opresiva para casarse con un pastor bautista.Con un estilo franco y preciso, el autor recrea la conmovedora historia de su madre mientras evoca sus propias experiencias como niño mulato y pobre, sus coqueteos con las drogas y la violencia, hasta alcanzar finalmente la autorrealización y el éxito profesional.

«Nací y fui un hombre de color, no lo olvidéis, pero viví como una mujer de color durante diecisiete años.» Henry Cebolla Shackleton es un pícaro niño esclavo en cuyo camino se cruza el legendario ab

Hijo de un hombre negro y una mujer blanca, James McBride creció con sus once hermanos en un barrio pobre de Brooklyn. Su madre, una mujer ferozmente protectora, con «ojos oscuros llenos de energía y