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The Book of Harlan
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Bernice McFadden's Newest Novel Coming Soon!!!
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Ooooooh this looks interesting!
kisha wrote: "Have you all heard about Bernice McFadden newest novel coming out May 3rd 2016? She's one of my favorite authors so I'm super excited about this! Hopefully this will make it to one of our group rea..."This book will probably be in high demand at libraries - so put your hold requests in early. :)
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kisha wrote: "I know that's what I was thinking. She's good about making an ebook copy. So hopefulky that will be an option as well."Akashic Books (an independent publisher) who is the publisher does make ebooks available.
It's expected release date is early May so still a little early for all of the format information to be available.
Yes I heard about this one. I love her writing style. I'm currently reading 2 of her books this month.
Been waiting for this one for almost 2 years. I wonder why it took so long to be released. Glad we are nearing the finish line :0)
During World War II, two African American musicians are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan’s parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he becomes a musician. Soon, Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are lured across the Atlantic Ocean to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre—affectionately referred to as “The Harlem of Paris” by black American musicians.
When the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald, the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany. The experience irreparably changes the course of Harlan’s life.
Based on exhaustive research and told in McFadden’s mesmeric prose, The Book of Harlan skillfully blends the stories of McFadden’s familial ancestors with those of real and imagined characters.