![]() ![]() This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit over bigotry, intolerance and cruelty, and at the center of The Book of Harlan is the restorative force that is music." - Washington Post "McFadden's writing breaks the heart-and then heals it again. McFadden has been named the Go On Girl Book Club 's 2018 Author of the Year WINNER of the 2017 American Book Award WINNER of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction) 2017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee (Fiction) A Washington Post Notable Book of 2016 "McFadden uses the experiences of her own ancestors as loose inspiration for the life of Harlan, whom she portrays from his childhood in Harlem through imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp and his struggles afterward to put his life back together." - Library Journal "Simply miraculous.As her saga becomes ever more spellbinding, so does the reader's astonishment at the magic she creates. ![]()
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