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The Office of Historical Corrections : a novella and stories / Danielle Evans.

Evans, Danielle, (author.). Small, Shayna, (narrator.). LaVoy, January, (narrator.). Ojo, Adenrele, (narrator.). Pressley, Brittany, (narrator.). Edwards, Janina, (narrator.). Lewis, Nicole, (narrator.). Abbott-Pratt, Joniece, (narrator.).

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"Danielle Evans demonstrates, once again, that she is the finest short story writer working today."--Roxane Gay, New York Times-bestselling author of Difficult Women and Bad Feminist "Danielle Evans is a stone-cold genius." --Rebecca Makkai, National Book Award finalist for The Great BelieversThe award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history.Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief--all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history--about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight.In "Boys Go to Jupiter," a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a Confederate-flag bikini goes viral. In "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington, DC, is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593294703
  • ISBN: 059329470X
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (07 hr., 18 min., 23 sec.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Penguin Audio, 2020.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Shayna Small, January LaVoy, Adenrele Ojo, Brittany Pressley, Janina Edwards, Nicole Lewis and Joniece Abbott-Pratt.
Source of Description Note:
Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive, viewed November 13, 2020).
Subject: Women college students > Fiction.
Photojournalists > Fiction.
Weddings > Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) > Fiction.
African American women > Fiction.
African American women.
Loss (Psychology)
Photojournalists.
Weddings.
Women college students.
Genre: Downloadable audio books.
Audiobooks.
Fiction.
Audiobooks.


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