{"product_id":"memphis-paperback","title":"Memphis: A Read with Jenna Pick - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTara M. Stringfellow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON \u003ci\u003eTODAY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter's discovery that she has the power to change her family's legacy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A rhapsodic hymn to Black women.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I fell in love with this family, from Joan's fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel's determined resilience. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come.\"--Jacqueline Woodson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRed at the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family's trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass--only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother's mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger--that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfolding over seventy years through a chorus of unforgettable voices that move back and forth in time, \u003ci\u003eMemphis\u003c\/i\u003e paints an indelible portrait of inheritance, celebrating the full complexity of what we pass down, in a family and as a country: brutality and justice, faith and forgiveness, sacrifice and love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, former attorney, Northwestern University MFA graduate, and semifinalist for the Fulbright Fellowship, \u003cb\u003eTara M. Stringfellow\u003c\/b\u003e has written for \u003ci\u003eCollective Unrest, Minerva Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJet Fuel Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen Arts Quarterly Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eApogee Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. After having lived in Okinawa, Ghana, Chicago, Cuba, Spain, Italy, and Washington, DC, she moved back home to Memphis, where she sits on her porch swing every evening with her hound, Huckleberry, listening to records and chatting with neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42123351851143,"sku":"9780593230503","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d2de4b36690fb25e4f13e58252c5bb28.webp?v=1732566008","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/memphis-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}