Promise / Minrose Gwin.
A massive tornado destroyed the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Palm Sunday, 1936. The twister claimed the lives of more than 200 of the town's white residents. The black members of the community who were killed and injured went uncounted. In this harrowing novel, Gwin describes the desperate fight for survival of two people who, on the surface, are about as different from each other as they could be. Dovey, a black washwoman whose granddaughter lost a seemingly bright future when she was "bothered" and impregnated by a white man, is blown into a pond by the storm's winds. Meanwhile, Jo, the white teenage daughter of a judge and the sister of the young man who attacked Dovey's granddaughter, is left to care for her mother and infant brother after the storm. But Dovey and Jo have more in common than it seems, as their stories unfold in the days after the storm. A gripping tale of racism, power, and the bonds that make a family, "Promise" explores how one can rebuild after tragedy strikes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062471710
- ISBN: 0062471716
- Physical Description: x, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
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- Subject:
- African American women > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Tornadoes > Fiction.
Natural disasters > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Tupelo (Miss.) > History > 20th century > Fiction. - Genre:
- Historical fiction.
Available copies
- 25 of 25 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC GWIN (Text) | 36015000285938 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F GWIN (Text) | 31781064988064 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F GWI (Text) | 0020511768077 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | GWI (Text) | 33258008831484 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Gwi (Text) | 30308101181833 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F GWI (Text) | 900000000563271 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | F Gwi (Text) | 33630004522640 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Gwin (Text) | 33115007656273 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | GWI (Text) | 33258008831492 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC Gwin Minrose (Text) | 30519010310582 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
A massive tornado destroyed the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Palm Sunday, 1936. The twister claimed the lives of more than 200 of the town's white residents. The black members of the community who were killed and injured went uncounted. In this harrowing novel, Gwin describes the desperate fight for survival of two people who, on the surface, are about as different from each other as they could be. Dovey, a black washwoman whose granddaughter lost a seemingly bright future when she was "bothered" and impregnated by a white man, is blown into a pond by the storm's winds. Meanwhile, Jo, the white teenage daughter of a judge and the sister of the young man who attacked Dovey's granddaughter, is left to care for her mother and infant brother after the storm. But Dovey and Jo have more in common than it seems, as their stories unfold in the days after the storm. A gripping tale of racism, power, and the bonds that make a family, "Promise" explores how one can rebuild after tragedy strikes.
