Booklist Starred Review. [A] sophisticated, complex first novel. Stewart O'Nan Mudbound is a real page-turner — a tangle of history, tragedy, and romance powered by guilt, moral indignation, and a near chorus of unstoppable voices. Barbara Kingsolver Hillary Jordan writes with the force of a Delta storm. Jordan grew up in Dallas, Texas, and Muskogee, Okla. She received a BA in English and political science from Wellesley College and spent 15 years working as an advertising copywriter before starting to write fiction. She received an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. "Mudbound" was published by Algonquin Books in March Hillary Jordan is the author of two novels: MUDBOUND and WHEN SHE WOKE, as well as the digital short "Aftermirth," all published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. MUDBOUND won the Bellwether Prize for fiction, founded by Barbara Kingsolver to recognize debut novels of social justice, and an Alex Award from the American Library Association.4/5(K).
Hillary Jordan's first novel, Mudbound, is a story of racism and well-kept bltadwin.ru on a desolate farm in the Mississippi Delta at the end of World War II, the novel explores the complex. Mudbound, published by Algonquin Books in March , is her first novel. It won the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded biennially to an unpublished debut novel that addresses issues of social justice, and was the NAIBA (New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Assoc.) Fiction Book of the Year. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan is a extremely well written and thought provoking novel. The literary structure of this book is very compelling, telling the same story from the perspective of the different characters really brings out the emotion of this Novel. A tough read but a rewarding one and a book where the characters will stay with me.
Hillary Jordan is the author of the novels Mudbound () and When She Woke (), as well as the digital short “Aftermirth.”. Mudbound won the Bellwether Prize, founded by Barbara Kingsolver to recognize socially conscious fiction, and a Alex Award from the American Library Association. Fierce, unflinching and deeply human, Mudbound is told in riveting personal narratives by the individual members of the McAllan and Jackson families. As they strive for love and honor in a brutal time and place, they become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale. Mudbound won the Bellwether Prize for socially conscious fiction. Booklist Starred Review. [A] sophisticated, complex first novel. Stewart O'Nan Mudbound is a real page-turner — a tangle of history, tragedy, and romance powered by guilt, moral indignation, and a near chorus of unstoppable voices. Barbara Kingsolver Hillary Jordan writes with the force of a Delta storm.
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