Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Henry Holt & CompanyISBN-13:9781250206220ISBN-10:1250206227UPC:9781250206220Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.71 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCEM5Z611Z
Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama
From a New Yorker staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.
"In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster...." Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery--the former seat of the Confederacy--as the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her family's story with Alabama's,...Language:EnglishPublisher:Henry Holt & CompanyISBN-13:9781250206220ISBN-10:1250206227UPC:9781250206220Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.71 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCEM5Z611Z
Alexis Okeowo has reported on conflict, human rights, and culture across Africa, Mexico, Europe, and the American South for the New Yorker and other publications. Okeowo is the author of A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa, which received the 2018 PEN Open Book Award. Her work has also been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing and The Best...
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