Memphis: a vivid Southern debut paying tribute to an indelible family of females, longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023
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Memphis: a vivid Southern debut paying tribute to an indelible family of females, longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023

Stringfellow, Tara M

Summary

In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s violence, seeking refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis.

In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s violence, seeking refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglassβ€”only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis. This wasn’t the first time violence altered the course of Joan’s family’s trajectory, and she knows it won’t be the last. Longing to become an artist, Joan pours her rage and grief into sketching portraits of the women of North Memphisβ€”including their enigmatic neighborMiss Dawn, who seems to know something about curses.Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of voices, Memphis weaves back and forth in time to show how the past and future are forever intertwined. It is only when Joan comes to see herself as a continuation of a long matrilineal traditionβ€”and the women in her family as her guides to healingβ€”that she understands that her life does not have to be defined by vengeance. That the sole weapon she needs is her paintbrush.Inspired by the author’s own family history, Memphisβ€”the Black fairy tale she always wanted to readβ€”explores the complexity of what we pass down, not only in our families, but in our country: police brutality and justice, powerlessness and freedom, fate and forgiveness, doubt and faith, sacrifice and love._____Dans la chaleur Γ©touffante de l’étΓ© 1995, aprΓ¨s un Γ©niΓ¨me dΓ©bordement de colΓ¨re de son pΓ¨re, Joan North trouve refuge avec sa mΓ¨re et sa jeune sΕ“ur dans la majestueuse maison qui a vu les femmes de sa famille grandir. TapissΓ© de lierre et de chΓ¨vrefeuille oΓΉ nichent colibris, abeilles et papillons, ce verdoyant havre de paix semble raconter sa propre histoire. En poussant la gigantesque porte de bois, Joan sait qu’elle va dΓ©couvrir d’innombrables fantΓ΄mes. Celui de son grand-pΓ¨re, lynchΓ© aprΓ¨s Γͺtre devenu le premier inspecteur noir de la ville. Celui de sa grand-mΓ¨re qui, guidΓ©e par une rage incandescente, transforma son salon en lieu de rassemblement du mouvement rΓ©volutionnaire noir de Memphis. Et sa propre terreur, qui la submerge en mΓͺme temps que ses souvenirs lorsqu’elle passe le seuil de la vΓ©randa. ConfrontΓ©e aux tragΓ©dies des gΓ©nΓ©rations qui l’ont prΓ©cΓ©dΓ©e dans cette demeure, Joan devine intimement, du haut de ses dix ans, que la violence n’est jamais loin... Le portrait bouleversant de trois gΓ©nΓ©rations de femmes noires, qui cΓ©lΓ¨bre la complexitΓ© de ce qui se transmet au sein d’une famille, d’une communautΓ© et d’une nation tout entiΓ¨re. Β« Avec un style riche et voluptueux, l'autrice capture les changements qui ont fait Memphis dans la seconde moititΓ© du XXe siΓ¨cle. Β» - The Washington Post PoΓ©tesse et ancienne avocate, Tara M. Stringfellow Γ©crit pour plusieurs revues et magazines. AprΓ¨s avoir vΓ©cu Γ  Okinawa, au Ghana, Γ  Chicago, Γ  Cuba, en Espagne, en Italie et Γ  Washington, elle est retournΓ©e Γ  Memphis, sa ville natale, oΓΉ elle profite chaque soir de sa vΓ©randa. InspirΓ© de son histoire familiale, Memphis est son premier roman.

Perfect for fans of Contemporary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Drama Books, Cultural Heritage Fiction, Women Writers & Fiction.

Highlights

  • Easy to enjoy: 272 pages Β· Paperback
  • By Stringfellow, Tara M

Details

  • ISBN: 9781529339246
  • Author: Stringfellow, Tara M
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • Language: English
  • Publication date: 7 April 2022
  • Condition: New

About the author

Stringfellow, Tara M