The healing
(Book)
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Published
Boston : Beacon Press, [2019].
ISBN
9780807080931, 0807080934
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor | FICTION JONES | On Shelf |
| Thomas Ford Memorial Library - Stacks | FIC JONES | On Shelf |
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Published
Boston : Beacon Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780807080931, 0807080934
Notes
Description
Harlan Jane Eagleton is a faith healer, traveling by bus to small towns, converting skeptics, restoring minds and bodies. But before that she was a minor rock star's manager, and before that a beautician. She's had a fling with her rock star's ex-husband and an Afro-German horse dealer; along the way she's somehow lost her own husband, a medical anthropologist now traveling with a medicine woman in Africa. Harlan tells her story from the end backwards, drawing us constantly deeper into her world and the mystery at the heart of her tale - the story of her first healing. The Healing is a lyrical and at times humorous exploration of the struggle to let go of pain, anger, and even love. Slipping seamlessly back through Harlan's memories in a language rich with the textured cadences of the black Southerner, Gayl Jones weaves her story to its dramatic - and unexpected - beginning.
Awards
National Book Award Finalist.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jones, G. (2019). The healing . Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Gayl. 2019. The Healing. Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Gayl. The Healing Beacon Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jones, Gayl. The Healing Beacon Press, 2019.
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