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The perishing : a novel / Natashia Deón.

Deón, Natashia, (author.).

Summary:
"Lou, a young Black woman, wakes up in an alley in 1930s Los Angeles, nearly naked and with no memory of how she got there or where she's from, only a fleeting sense that this isn't the first time she's found herself in similar circumstances. Taken in by a caring foster family, Lou dedicates herself to her education while trying to put her mysterious origins behind her. She'll go on to become the first Black female journalist at the Los Angeles Times, but Lou's extraordinary life is about to become even more remarkable. When she befriends a firefighter at a downtown boxing gym, Lou is shocked to realize that though she has no memory of ever meeting him she's been drawing his face since her days in foster care. Increasingly certain that their paths have previously crossed-perhaps even in a past life-and coupled with unexplainable flashes from different times that have been haunting her dreams, Lou begins to believe she may be an immortal sent to this place and time for a very important reason. One that only others like her will be able to explain. Relying on her journalistic training and with the help of her friends, Lou sets out to investigate the mystery of her existence and make sense of the jumble of lifetimes calling to her from throughout the ages before her time runs out for good. Set against the rich historical landscape of 1930's Los Angeles, The Perishing charts a course through a changing city confronting racism, poverty, and the drumbeat of a coming war for one miraculous woman whose fate is inextricably linked to the city she comes to call home"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781640093027
  • ISBN: 1640093028
  • Physical Description: 307 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2021.
Subject: Women, Black > Fiction.
African American journalists > Fiction.
Immortality > Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.
Novels.
Fantasy fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library FICTION DEON (Text) 50686016111093 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F DEO (Text) 33240004941475 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library DEA (Text) 33249024479572 Fiction Available -
Brandywine Community Library DEO (Text) 33249023441672 Fiction Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults DEO Fiction (Text) 34217000880906 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC DEON, NATASHIA (Text) 36446002052747 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library DEO (Text) 33249025316799 Fiction Available -
Highland Community Library F DEO (Text) 35610000983978 HGHM Fiction Available -
Kutztown Community Library DEO (Text) 33249024637245 Fiction Available -
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