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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The True Story of Coretta Scott King Told Fully for the First TimeNamed a Washington Post Book to Read . A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice . A USA Today 'New and Noteworthy' Pick . A Read It Forward Favorite Read . A Parade Magazine Pick . A Publishers Weekly 'Notable African-American Titles'[Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy] 'reveals never-before-told aspects of Mrs. King's life.We learn of the brilliant mind and courageous spirit behind the enigmatic figure' (Essence).Born in 1927 to daringly enterprising parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose. While enrolled as one of the first black scholarship students recruited to Antioch College, she became politically and socially active and committed to the peace movement. As a graduate student at the New England Conservatory of Music, determined to pursue her own career as a concert singer, she met Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister insistent that his wife stay home with the children. But, in love and devoted to shared Christian beliefs as well as shared racial and economic justice goals, she married Dr. King, and events promptly thrust her into a maelstrom of history throughout which she was a strategic partner, a standard-bearer, and so much more. As a widow and single mother of four, she worked tirelessly to found and develop the King Center as a citadel for world peace; lobbied for fifteen years for a U.S. national holiday in honor of her husband; championed women's, workers', and gay rights; and was a powerful international voice for nonviolence, freedom, and human dignity.'Distinctly.particularly absorbing' (Patricia J. Williams, The New York Times Book Review), Coretta's is a love story, a family saga, and the memoir of an extraordinary black woman in twentieth-century America-a brave leader who, in the face of terrorism and violent hatred, stood committed, proud, forgiving, nonviolent, and hopeful every day of her life.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'On every page Lodato's prose sings with a robust, openhearted wit, making Edgar & Lucy a delight to read.Lodato keeps us in his thrall because his grip on the tiller stays reassuringly firm. Not to mention the supporting cast he's gathered, a group so eclectic and beguiling that many of them could carry an entire novel of their own. A riveting and exuberant ride.'-Cynthia D'Aprix-Sweeney, The New York Times Book Review'Wonder-filled and magisterial.Lodato's skill as a poet manifests itself on every page, delighting with such elegant similes and incisive descriptions.His skill as a playwright shines in every piece of dialogue.And his skill as a fiction writer displays itself in his virtuoso command of point of view. The book pushes the boundaries of beauty.'-Chicago Tribune'Edgar isn't like other boys and Lucy isn't like other moms, but grandma Florence keeps them tied to reality. And then their lives take a sharp turn.This otherworldly tale will haunt you.'-People'A stunningly rendered novel.'-Entertainment Weekly'A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark and strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder.' -Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of The LeftoversEdgar and Lucy is a page-turning literary masterpiece, a stunning examination of family love and betrayal.Eight-year-old Edgar Fini remembers nothing of the accident people still whisper about. He only knows that his father is gone, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear, not even the line between the living and the dead. In order to save her son, Lucy has no choice but to confront the demons of her past.Profound, shocking, and beautiful, Edgar and Lucy is a thrilling adventure and the unlikeliest of love stories.'This tale gradually exerts a fiendish grip on the reader.' -Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand'I tore through the luminous pages of Edgar and Lucy as if possessed.What this book has to say about love and truth will stay with me for a very, very long time.'-Sophie McManus, author of The Unfortunates'I love this book. Profoundly spiritual and hilariously specific.an unusual and intimate epic that manages to capture the wonder and terror of both child and parenthood with an uncanny clarity.'-Lena Dunham, bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl'Victor Lodato may be our bard of the sadness, humor, and confusion of loss. He senses the absurdities and elation of mourning and childhood with a capacious precision that brings to mind J.D. Salinger, Lorrie Moore, Karen Russell, even James Joyce. Edgar and Lucy will make you feel things you haven't felt in ages.' -Daniel Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West.