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The Office of Historical Corrections

By Danielle Evans

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The Office of Historical Corrections

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The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history. Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multi-racial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief-all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history - about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In "Boys Go to Jupiter" a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a confederate flag bikini goes viral. In "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain" a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk. Story Locale: Washington, DC
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
269
Release Date:
2021-11-09
Publication Date:
2021-11-09
Publisher:
Penguin LLC US
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0593189450
ISBN13:
9780593189450
Weight:
220 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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