Take My Hand
Winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction 'Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze...an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption.'--Celeste Ng Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible injustice done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients, Erica and India, are children--just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters
Take My Hand
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients, Erica and India, are children-just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family's welfare benefits, that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. Until one day she arrives at their door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them. Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace, and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten. That must not be forgotten. Because history repeats what we don't remember. Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.
Take My Hand
AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB Montgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But...
Ta min hand
Finalist i Goodreads Choice Awards. Utvald till en av Årets bästa böcker av Amazon. " En stundtals outhärdligt stark berättelse som inte går att sluta läsa." EXPRESSEN SÖNDAG "Civil Townsend är klok nog att ifrågasätta sig sj...
Ta min hand
Finalist i Goodreads Choice Awards. Utvald till en av Årets bästa böcker av Amazon. " En stundtals outhärdligt stark berättelse som inte går att sluta läsa." EXPRESSEN SÖNDAG "Civil Townsend är klok nog att ifrågasätta sig sj...
Wench
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Domen
De dömde honom till livstid. Han dömde dem till döden. 1970 blir en ung mor våldtagen och mördad i Ford County, Mississippi. Ett brott som i all sin ohygglighet slås upp stort av lokaltidningen och dess chefredaktör, som driver en hård...
Domen
Tredje gången gillt och allt närmare gränsen ? Det är påsktid i Pajala och ljuset har återvänt över Tornedalen, men i Lisa Korhonens liv är det mörkare än någonsin. Även om hon i vintras friades från anklagelserna om grov narkotikasmuggling till f...
Dogen
Dogen
Dogen
An essential introduction to the life, writings, and legacy of one of Japan's most prolific Buddhist masters. The founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan, Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) remains one of the most influential Buddhist teachers of all time. Although Dogen's writings have reached wide prominence among contemporary Buddhists and philosophers, there is much that remains enigmatic about his life and writings. In Dogen: Japan's Original Zen Teacher, respected Dogen scholar and translator Steven Heine offers a nuanced portrait of the master's historical context, life, and work, paying special attention to issues such as: - The nature of the great doubt that motivated Dogen's religious quest - The sociopolitical turmoil of Kamakura Japan that led to dynamic innovations in medieval Japanese Buddhism - The challenges and transformations Dogen experienced during his pivotal time in China - Key inflection points and unresolved questions regarding Dogen's teaching career in Japan -
