"e;A page turner...heart-stopping and enraging...focused, justified, and without a trace of self-pity. Shot through with poignancy."e; --New York Times Book Review Over a decade after its first publication, Jesus Land remains deeply resonant with readers. Now with a new preface by the author, this New York Times bestselling memoir is a gripping tale of rage and redemption, hope and humor, morality and malice-and most of all, the truth: that being a good person takes more than just going to church. Julia and her adopted brother, David, are sixteen years old. Julia is white. David is black. It is the mid-1980s and their family has just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees, trailer parks, and an all-encompassing racism. At home are a distant mother-more involved with her church's missionaries than her own children-and a violent father. In this riveting and heartrending...
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2009-07-06
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En mycket viktigt bok. Den berättar om hur grymma och hänsynslösa vi människor kan vara. Om hur vi vägrar acceptera den som är "annorlunda och sticker ut ifrån mängden"
Men som Julia själv skriver;
"Livet kanske inte är rättvist, men om man har någon att tro på, kan man klara av det, och ibland, ibland, kan det till och med vara underbart"
LÄS!
