Like Trees, Walking: A Novel

by Ravi Howard

Overview

Based on the true story of a modern-day lynching in America, Ravi Howard's widely acclaimed debut novel exposes one of the most tragic chapters in the history of the American South.

On the morning of March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was found dead, his body badly beaten and hanging from a tree on Herndon Avenue. Brothers Paul and Roy Deacon of the Deacon Memorial Funeral Home are called upon to bury their close friend and classmate, and the experience will leave them forever changed. Along with other residents of their hometown, the Deacon brothers must struggle to understand the circumstances surrounding Donald's murder—the city's first lynching in more than sixty years and a gruesome reminder of racial inequalities in the New South.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060529604
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	01/22/2008
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.61(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Ravi Howard won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his novel Like Trees, Walking. He was also a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. He has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Hurston/Wright Foundation, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the New Jersey Council on the Arts. As a sports producer with NFL Films, he won an Emmy for his work on Inside the NFL.

Editorial Reviews

This is a gripping tale of evil and injustice, and a fine debut from a talented writer.

Shelf Awareness

The verdict: A breathtaking debut.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The verdict: A breathtaking debut.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The verdict: A breathtaking debut.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“This is a gripping tale of evil and injustice, and a fine debut from a talented writer.” — Shelf Awareness

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