false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171474199m/100965.jpg 100965 4 <p>From the acclaimed author of the national bestseller <em>Ahab's Wife</em> comes an inspiring, brilliantly rendered novel of the awakening conscience of the South and of an entire nation.</p> <p>Twenty-year-old Stella Silver, an idealistic white college student raised by her genteelaunts, is not prepared for the events of 1963 in her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. At first, she keeps a safe distance, but the mounting tragedies send Stella reeling off her measured path. She plunges into the midst of the conflict, setting off a series of changes -- in herself, her relationships, and her future -- as dazzling and powerful as the civil rights movement itself.</p> <p>This inspiring novel weaves together the lives of blacks and whites, racists and civil rights advocates, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression to create both an intimate and epic tapestry of American social transformation. Filled with the humanity that is the hallmark of Naslund's fiction, rich in historical detail and evocative in the way the best fiction should be, this novel goes beyond tragedy to redemptive triumph.</p> 2166594 book 2003 Four Spirits: A Novel (P.S.) total:418|5:93|4:162|3:116|2:35|1:14| 418 1535 647 82 3 2 false false Fri Dec 14 16:14:43 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 15:43:58 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 18:05:55 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 18:06:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:16:02 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:19:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:43:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:48:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 17:01:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 08:49:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 05 10:06:24 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 06 10:50:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Dec 22 09:40:36 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 15:17:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 07 07:30:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:28:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Aug 07 09:51:19 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 09:51:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 14:52:42 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 07:53:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 05:25:03 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 05:27:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 06:12:20 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 06:13:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 18:16:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 18:19:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 13 13:20:13 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 09:43:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Feb 09 14:40:04 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 14:40:04 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:57:32 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:59:08 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 13:31:42 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 07:42:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 11 11:33:16 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 11:35:54 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 06 19:05:16 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 19:05:34 -0800 2009 “Wisdom is what you got from you own living; it couldn’t be shared. Learning—that could be shared. Maybe. Not wisdom.”]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Jan 30 17:35:47 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 17:52:15 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=100965