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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Cheeks, Maura, author.     Subjects     African American families -- Fiction.     Genealogy -- Fiction.     African Americans -- Reparations -- Fiction.     Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.     Reparations for historical injustices -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cheeks, Maura, author.       by title:      Acts of forgiveness ...         MARC Display

Acts of forgiveness : a novel / Maura Cheeks. by Cheeks, Maura, author. New York : Ballantine Books, [2024] Subjects African American families -- Fiction.   Genealogy -- Fiction.   African Americans -- Reparations -- Fiction.   Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.   Reparations for historical injustices -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780593598290 (hardcover) 0593598296 (hardcover) Description:  308 pages ; 22 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In this big-hearted debut about ambition, race, and class, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they're willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program. Almost a decade ago, Willie Revel gave up her burgeoning journalism career in New York to help run her father's struggling construction company in Philadelphia. An ambitious single mother, Willie has reluctantly put family first without being able to forget who she might have become. Now, as the president of the United States prepares to pass the Forgiveness Act, a bill that would allow Black families to claim reparations if they can prove they are the descendants of slaves, Willie delves deeper into her family's history, while also trying to keep the family from going into bankruptcy. Acts of Forgiveness reveals the ways historical discrimination can manifest in the present. Could reparations help uncover her forgotten roots and right generational wrongs, while also helping save their beloved home and her father's life work? But for reasons both justifiable and cryptic, the rest of the family is hesitant and wary of what pursuing Forgiveness could mean. Her mother who was adopted is not eager to dig up the past; her father doesn't trust the government; and her daughter is just trying to make it through the fifth grade at her elite private school. It's up to Willie to verify their ancestry and save her family from financial ruin--but as she delves into their history, Willie begins to learn just how complicated family can really be. With warm insight and powerful prose, Acts of Forgiveness asks how history shapes who we are, to consider the weight of success when it is achieved despite incredible odds, and what leaving behind a legacy truly means"-- Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kapolei Public Library Adult Fiction Cheeks Transit Add Copy to MyList Keaau P/S Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList

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