Kind of Kin: A Novel - Softcover

Askew, Rilla

3,68

1.072 Bewertungen von Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062198807 ISBN 13: 9780062198808

Verlag: Ecco, 2014

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"I loved it!!! I stayed up until 4 in the morning ... I couldn't stop thinking about it. That is just one of the magical things about Rilla's writing...A brilliant portrait of the world today. I just felt hopeful when I was finished."--Diane Welsh, Barnes & Noble, Cedar Rapids, IA

"The nature of this wonderful novel is, like the characters, raucous, messy, uncertain and foolishly brave. Askew's story is brilliant and a most timely look at who is welcome into our lives and how we express and share compassion even while times are tough and language is a barrier."--Sheryl Cotleur, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

"Compelling...this novel is rich, rewarding, and humane."--Publishers Weekly

"Askew's novel delivers the unexpected. It has moments both funny and sublime."--Denver Post

"What might have been a political polemic or a partisan pitch in the hands of a lesser writer, Rilla Askew's fourth novel....personalizes [immigration]...exploring with a deft hand and an unflinching moral vision the gray areas of an argument so often presented in black and white."--New York Times Book Review

"Askew deftly weaves these storylines together to create an engaging read."--Tulsa World

"Askew has created a realistic and compassionate reflection of the people who populate our neighborhoods and our nation today."--Seattle Times

"Wonderful . . . Askew's unflinching portrait of a family whipsawed from within and without is a story for our time. It's proof of Askew's flat-out genius that Kind of Kin is merciless, yet strangely full of mercy."--Ben Fountain, author Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Passionate, solid, and fair. . . Askew's characters, whose viewpoints are all over the political map, are well-imagined, thoughtful, and treated with a kindness that is often lacking in the ongoing discussion of this 'hot button' topic. It deserves great applause."--Emily Russo, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY

"Askew writes a very compelling family drama that features a very hot subject these days-immigration, illegal and otherwise. Religion, civil rights, extended families, and the economic struggles of blue collar families all come into play in this multi-layered novel of life in Oklahoma."--Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO

Rese�a del editor:

With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers, he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, his ten-year-old grandson Dustin tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family, and his granddaughter, Misty, is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband, an undocumented immigrant himself, has been deported. Then there's Brown's daughter Sweet, who finds her life unraveling: her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself, her nephew is missing, her niece is in need of shelter, and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage.

Rilla Askew's brilliant, hilarious, and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers, and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family, and an entire town, will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.

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