Winner of the 2022 Southern Book Prize. Fr om the author of the bestselling #ReadWithJenna/TODAY Show book club pick Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss.
\n&ldquo\;Peopl e have often asked me how it feels to be the &lsquo\;voice of the South\,& rsquo\;&rdquo\; writes Renkl in her introduction. &ldquo\;But I&rsquo\;m n ot the voice of the South\, and no one else is\, either.&rdquo\; There are many Souths&mdash\;red and blue\, rural and urban\, mountain and coast\, Black and white and brown&mdash\;and no one writer could possibly represen t all of them. In Graceland\, At Last\, Renkl writes instead from her own experience about the complexities of her homeland\, demonstrating along th e way how much more there is to this tangled region than many people under stand. In a patchwork quilt of personal and reported essays\, Renkl also h ighlights some other voices of the South\, people who are fighting for a b etter future for the region. A group of teenagers who organized a youth ma rch for Black Lives Matter. An urban shepherd whose sheep remove invasive vegetation. Church parishioners sheltering the homeless. Throughout\, read ers will find the generosity of spirit and deep attention to the world\, h uman and nonhuman\, that keep readers returning to her columns each Monday morning. From a writer who &ldquo\;makes one of all the world&rsquo\;s be ings&rdquo\; (NPR)\, Graceland\, At Last is a book full of gifts for South erners and non-Southerners alike.
\nhttps://broward.libnet.info/event/6 563818 URL;VALUE=URI:https://broward.libnet.info/event/6563818 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/broward/DirectorsBookClub. jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR