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Author Colvin, Jeffrey, author.

Title Africaville : a novel / by Jeffrey Colvin.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION COLVIN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F COLVIN, J.    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION COLVIN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  FICTION COLVIN, JEFFREY    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  FIC COLVIN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC COLV    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult  COLVIN, JEFFREY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  COLVIN, JEFFREY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F COLVIN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-COLVIN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 371 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "Set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, [the novel] depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family--Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner--whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century from the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the social protests of the 1960s to the economic upheavals in the 1980s. A century earlier, Kath Ella's ancestors established a new home in Nova Scotia. Like her ancestors, Kath Ella's life is shaped by hardship--she struggles to conceive and to provide for her family during the long, bitter Canadian winters. She must also contend with the locals' lingering suspicions about the dark-skinned "outsiders" who live in their midst. Kath Ella's fierce love for her son, Omar, cannot help her overcome the racial prejudices that linger in this remote, tight-knit place. As he grows up, the rebellious Omar refutes the past and decides to break from the family, threatening to upend all that Kath Ella and her people have tried to build. Over the decades, each successive generation drifts further from Africaville, yet they take a piece of this indelible place with them as they make their way to Montreal, Vermont, and beyond, to the deep South of America. As it explores notions of identity, passing, cross-racial relationships, the importance of place, and the meaning of home, Africaville tells the larger story of the black experience in parts of Canada and the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Migrations. (OCoLC)fst00799643
Genre/Form Epic fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Subject Black people -- Canada -- Fiction.
Black people -- United States -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
FICTION / Family Life.
Families -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Subject FICTION / African American / Historical.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Subject Enslaved persons. (OCoLC)fst01120522
Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.
FICTION / Sagas.
ISBN 9780062913722 (print)
0062913727 (print)
9780062913715 (ebook)
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