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THE UNSETTLED - AYANA MATHIS GEBUNDEN

'[A] powerful book' Marilynne Robinson 'A book to be read and re-read' Jesmyn Ward 'Poetic and
fierce' Yiyun Li   From the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son  Toussaint  arrive at
the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia in 1985  Ava is already plotting a way out.
Estranged from her own mother  Dutchess  and their home in Bonaparte  Alabama  Ava is
determined to give her son the chance of a better life.  But when Toussaint's father  Cass 
reappears  Ava is swept off course by his charisma and his bold vision for racial justice. As
Ava becomes more enmeshed with Cass and the radical group he has created  Toussaint begins to
sense the danger and threat of violence simmering all around him. He begins to dream of
Dutchess and Bonaparte  his home and birthright  but can he find his way there?   The Unsettled
is an explosive and vital story of belonging  legacy and survival from one of America's most
talented storytellers.  'I can't remember when I read anything that moved me quite this way 
besides the work of Toni Morrison' Oprah Winfrey on The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

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