The Book Show - Ayana Mathis - The Unsettled

November 07, 2023 00:27:25
The Book Show - Ayana Mathis - The Unsettled
The Book Show
The Book Show - Ayana Mathis - The Unsettled

Nov 07 2023 | 00:27:25

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Show Notes

The new novel, “The Unsettled,” by Ayana Mathis is set in the 1980s and follows three generations of a family divided by a painful past. Ava lives in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia, struggling to care for her son, Toussaint. Her mother, Dutchess, remains in her historically Black hometown of Bonaparte, Alabama, fighting to save her land.

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