Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her - but was gifted with a mysterious power. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. “Nearly every paragraph is laced through with dense, gorgeously evocative descriptions of a vanished world and steeped in its own vivid vocabulary.” ( Entertainment Weekly ) Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: Named One of Paste ’s Best Novels of the Decade “This potent book about America’s most disgraceful sin establishes as a first-rate novelist.” ( San Francisco Chronicle )Īdapted by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kamilah Forbes, produced by MGM, Plan B, and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films From the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
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