{"product_id":"the-unsettled-ayana-mathis","title":"The Unsettled (Ayana Mathis)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful book' Marilynne Robinson\u003cbr\u003e'A book to be read and re-read' Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003e'Poetic and fierce' Yiyun Li\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia in 1985, Ava is already plotting a way out. Estranged from her own mother, Dutchess, and their home in Bonaparte, Alabama, Ava is determined to give her son\u003cbr\u003ethe chance of a better life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Toussaint's father, Cass, reappears, Ava is swept off course by his charisma and his bold vision for racial justice. As Ava becomes more enmeshed with Cass and the radical group he has created, Toussaint begins to sense the danger and threat of violence simmering all around him. He begins to dream of Dutchess and Bonaparte, his home and birthright, but can he find his way there?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unsettled\u003c\/i\u003e is an explosive and vital story of belonging, legacy and survival from one of America's most talented storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I can't remember when I read anything that moved me quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison' Oprah Winfrey on \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAyana Mathis's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller and has been translated into sixteen languages. Her nonfiction has been published in the \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic, Guernica, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. Mathis is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop. She was born in Philadelphia, and currently lives in New York City where she teaches writing in Hunter College's MFA Program.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65780335313245,"sku":"K097911500","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9791150000001A.jpg?v=1788314970","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-unsettled-ayana-mathis","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}