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Mudbound

By Hillary Jordan

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| Hardcover | 9781565125698

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Book Description

In Jordan's prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. It is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband's Mississippi Delta farm—a place she finds foreign and frightening. In the midst of the family's struggles, two young men Continue

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MUDBOUND by Hillary Jordan

“‘We’re not gonna make it,’ I said. ‘We will,’ he said. That was Henry for you: absolutely certain that whatever he wanted to happen would happen. The body would get buried before the storm hit. The weather would dry out in time to resow the cotton. ... (read full critics)

mostlyfiction published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

There's no place for pity on a farm

'There's no place for pity on a farm' is darkly muttered throughout this accomplished first novel; with all its visceral cinematic appeal, the film version that is no doubt forthcoming would do well to employ it as a strapline. The destinies of a whi ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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One of the best books I've read in a long time. Gripping and beautifully written.

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