Perish : a novel / LaToya Watkins.
"LaToya Watkins's PERISH follows four members of the Turner clan: Julie B., a woman who regrets her wasted youth and the time spent under Helen Jean's thumb; Alex, a police officer grappling with a dark and twisted past; Jan, mother of two, who yearns to go to school and leave Jerusalem and all of its trauma behind for good; And Lydia, a woman whose marriage is falling apart because her body can't seem to stay pregnant; as they're called home to say goodbye to their mother and grandmother, Helen Jean. Told through alternating chapters, and set in a vividly drawn, tight-knit rural, Black Texan community, PERISH explores the effects of inherited trauma and intra-generational violence and pain as the family's "reunion" unearths long-kept secrets and forces each member to ask themselves important questions about who is deserving of forgiveness and who bears the cross of blame. With powerful, sharp prose and a sense of place that is wholly immersive, offering a nuanced look into black communites in Texas, this beautiful yet heart-wrenching debut novel will pull you in and drop you into the world LaToya has masterfully crafted within the pages"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593185919
- ISBN: 0593185919
- Physical Description: 322 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Tiny Reparations Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
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Subject: | African American families > Texas > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Psychic trauma > Fiction. Rural families > Fiction. Forgiveness > Fiction. Blame > Fiction. |
Genre: | Novels. Domestic fiction. |
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