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Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
But when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, she's shocked to learn that her new patients, India and Erica, are children-just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family's welfare benefits, that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. Until one day she arrives at the door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them.
Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace, and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten. That must not be forgotten.
Because history repeats what we don't remember.
Story Locale: Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
But when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, she's shocked to learn that her new patients, India and Erica, are children-just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family's welfare benefits, that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. Until one day she arrives at the door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them.
Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace, and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten. That must not be forgotten.
Because history repeats what we don't remember.
Story Locale: Alabama
INSPIRED BY A REAL 1973 CASE: This is inspired by the Relf v. Weinberger case, in which underage sisters were sterilized without their consent, and a social worker's whistleblowing blew the lid off a practice happening nationwide
WON IN TWO-BOOK PREEMPT: After getting a head start on a read, we moved with lightning speed before the agent could take the project wide
STUNNING TALENT: Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a PEN/Faulkner fellow, is the epitome of a quality commercial author, seamlessly blending rich prose and nuanced characters with riveting storytelling
UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE: Civil Townsend offers a riveting voice and moving personal narrative as Perkins-Valdez brings to life both the beauty and hope of a community rallying as well as the dark realities of our nation's history
POWERFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RACE, CLASS, AND WOMANHOOD: This novel looks at the unshakable bonds between women as it pokes holes in the notion of saviorism and questions a society that deems poor, Black, and disabled as categories unfit for motherhood
RELEVENT LOOK AT INEQUALITY IN HEALTHCARE: From staggering maternal mortality rates to the disproportionate loss of Black lives in the pandemic, there is more awareness and crucial discussion about inequality, with far-reaching consequences, in medicine
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
|---|---|
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593337691 |
| ISBN-10: | 0593337697 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Perkins-Valdez, Dolen |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Maße: | 237 x 160 x 40 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Dolen Perkins-Valdez |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.04.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,572 kg |
INSPIRED BY A REAL 1973 CASE: This is inspired by the Relf v. Weinberger case, in which underage sisters were sterilized without their consent, and a social worker's whistleblowing blew the lid off a practice happening nationwide
WON IN TWO-BOOK PREEMPT: After getting a head start on a read, we moved with lightning speed before the agent could take the project wide
STUNNING TALENT: Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a PEN/Faulkner fellow, is the epitome of a quality commercial author, seamlessly blending rich prose and nuanced characters with riveting storytelling
UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE: Civil Townsend offers a riveting voice and moving personal narrative as Perkins-Valdez brings to life both the beauty and hope of a community rallying as well as the dark realities of our nation's history
POWERFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RACE, CLASS, AND WOMANHOOD: This novel looks at the unshakable bonds between women as it pokes holes in the notion of saviorism and questions a society that deems poor, Black, and disabled as categories unfit for motherhood
RELEVENT LOOK AT INEQUALITY IN HEALTHCARE: From staggering maternal mortality rates to the disproportionate loss of Black lives in the pandemic, there is more awareness and crucial discussion about inequality, with far-reaching consequences, in medicine
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
|---|---|
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593337691 |
| ISBN-10: | 0593337697 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Perkins-Valdez, Dolen |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Maße: | 237 x 160 x 40 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Dolen Perkins-Valdez |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.04.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,572 kg |
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