Jordan, Hillary
Mudbound
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099524687
- author:
- Jordan, Hillary
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Windmill Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Modern fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Mudbound is a powerful and moving novel set in the Mississippi Delta in 1946. When Henry McAllan moves his wife Laura to a cotton farm, she finds herself struggling to adapt to rural life amidst her own fears and the hatred of her father-in-law. As the Second World War comes to an end, two young men return from Europe to help work the farm: Jamie McAllan, haunted by his memories of combat, and Ronsel Jackson, a black sharecropper's son who faces battles against racism at home. The lives of these characters become intertwined in a tragic and devastating way. This is a gripping and thought-provoking novel that explores themes of family, community, and the struggles faced by those living in isolated rural areas during a time of great social change.