Four Spirits Contributor(s): Naslund, Sena Jeter (Author) |
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ISBN: 006093669X ISBN-13: 9780060936693 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: The author of the critically acclaimed "Ahab's Wife" delivers a stunning novel about a young girl coming to terms with civil rights and a changing world. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2003051170 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.30 lbs) 524 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Locality - Birmingham, Alabama |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 78112 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 26.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Weaving together the lives of blacks and whites, racists and civil rights advocates, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression, Sena Jeter Naslund creates a tapestry of American social transformation at once intimate and epic. In Birmingham, Alabama, twenty-year-old Stella Silver, an idealistic white college student, is sent reeling off her measured path by events of 1963. Combining political activism with single parenting and night-school teaching, African American Christine Taylor discovers she must heal her own bruised heart to actualize meaningful social change. Inspired by the courage and commitment of the civil rights movement, the child Edmund Powers embodies hope for future change. In this novel of maturation and growth, Naslund makes vital the intersection of spiritual, political, and moral forces that have redefined America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Naslund, Sena Jeter: - Sena Jeter Naslund is a cofounder and program director of the Spalding University (Louisville) brief-residency MFA in Writing, where she edits The Louisville Review and Fleur-de-Lis Press. A winner of the Harper Lee Award and the Southeastern Library Association Fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including Ahab's Wife, a finalist for the Orange Prize. She recently retired from her position as Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Louisville. |