03207cam a2200373 4500 349538779 TxAuBib 20180421120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781617751110 1617751111 B006MGL6U4 Amazon 2c8bfdfd-8c4e-4ed1-9d7b-d167978a3fba OverDrive (Reserve ID) 712542 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McFadden, Bernice L. The Warmest December [Bridges eBook]. Akashic Books, 2012. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1543kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>"McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction."<br /> —<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /> "Riveting. . . . So nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes."<br /> —Toni Morrison, author of <i>Beloved</i><br /> "The sharpness of the prose and power of the story make it hard to stop reading even the most brutal scenes . . . The story feels real perhaps because it's familiar . . . Or maybe, as Frey points out, the story is too vivid to be read purely as fiction. But in this <i>Precious</i>-style novel, genre is the least of our concerns."<br /> —<b><i>Bust</i></b> magazine<br /> "This is a story that cuts across all race and social strata in its need to be told."<br /> —<i>The Dallas Morning News</i><br /> <i>The Warmest December</i> is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe, a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make.<br /> Bernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels.</p>. African American Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2018-06-21 22:00:02. Frey, James. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/2C8/BFD/FD/WarmestDecember.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2C8BFDFD-8C4E-4ED1-9D7B-D167978A3FBA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/2C8/BFD/FD/WarmestDecember.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2C8BFDFD-8C4E-4ED1-9D7B-D167978A3FBA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/2C8/BFD/FD/WarmestDecember.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2C8BFDFD-8C4E-4ED1-9D7B-D167978A3FBA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)