


The perspective of a black man in a concentration camp is unique and harrowing and this is a riveting, worthwhile read." "McFadden's writing breaks the heart-and then heals it again. There's a Zora Neale Hurston sensibility to the way she does that." "I've finally discovered a writer I should've been reading for years!.McFadden has a gift for placing her characters into the vivid history swirling around them, but keeping their emotional experience front and center in the story. McFadden's masterpieces.McFadden took me on a melodious literary journey through time and place-complex, real, beautifully raw, and necessary.McFadden's prose lingers, giving me courage to stay committed to telling authentic stories that, while revealing of unspeakable truths, serve to unite us all." Washington Post"Another one of Bernice L. This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit over bigotry, intolerance and cruelty, and at the center of The Book of Harlan is the restorative force that is music."

"Simply miraculous.As her saga becomes ever more spellbinding, so does the reader's astonishment at the magic she creates. WINNER of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction)Ģ017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee (Fiction)!
