A kind of freedom : a novel

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Label

A kind of freedom : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Creator

• trueSexton, Margaret Wilkerson

Author

• trueSexton, Margaret Wilkerson

Subject

• trueNew Orleans, Louisiana
• trueAfrican American young men
• African Americans -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Fiction
• trueColor of African Americans
• trueCreoles (Louisiana)
• Creoles -- Fiction
• Domestic fiction
• trueDrug addiction
• trueFather-deserted families
• trueIntergenerational relations
• Marijuana -- Growth -- Fiction
• trueMarijuana growing
• trueMatriarchs
• trueMiddle class
• New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction
• trueRacism
• trueSingle mothers
• Single mothers -- Fiction
• trueAfrican American families
• African American families -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Fiction
• trueAfrican American former convicts

Genre

• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves. In 1982, Evelyn's daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband's drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life. Jackie's son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didn't survive the storm. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges, T.C. decides to start over--until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. A Kind of Freedom is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history."-- Dust jacket

Storyline

• trueSweeping
• trueCharacter-driven
• trueIssue-oriented
• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueStrong sense of place
• trueHeartwrenching
• trueHopeful

Writing style

• trueEngaging

Character

• trueSympathetic
• trueFlawed
• trueAuthentic
• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• New York Times Notable Book, 2017
• BCALA Literary Award for First Novelist, 2018.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction