Acts of Forgiveness will be avail able for pickup at Long Branch Library
\nSummary:
\nIn this bi g-hearted debut about ambition\, race\, and class\, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they're willing to unearth in order to particip ate in the nation's first federal reparations program. Almost a decade ago \, Willie Revel gave up her burgeoning journalism career in New York to he lp run her father's struggling construction company in Philadelphia. An am bitious single mother\, Willie has reluctantly put family first without be ing able to forget who she might have become. Now\, as the president of th e United States prepares to pass the Forgiveness Act\, a bill that would a llow Black families to claim reparations if they can prove they are the de scendants of slaves\, Willie delves deeper into her family's history\, whi le also trying to keep the family from going into bankruptcy. Acts of Forg iveness reveals the ways historical discrimination can manifest in the pre sent. Could reparations help uncover her forgotten roots and right generat ional wrongs\, while also helping save their beloved home and her father's life work? But for reasons both justifiable and cryptic\, the rest of the family is hesitant and wary of what pursuing Forgiveness could mean. Her mother who was adopted is not eager to dig up the past\; her father doesn' t trust the government\; and her daughter is just trying to make it throug h the fifth grade at her elite private school. It's up to Willie to verify their ancestry and save her family from financial ruin-but as she delves into their history\, Willie begins to learn just how complicated family ca n really be. With warm insight and powerful prose\, Acts of Forgiveness as ks how history shapes who we are\, to consider the weight of success when it is achieved despite incredible odds\, and what leaving behind a legacy truly means -- Provided by publisher.
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