The Residue Years

Fiction & Literature, African American, Family Life, Literary
Cover of the book The Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Mitchell S. Jackson ISBN: 9781620400302
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: August 20, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Language: English
Author: Mitchell S. Jackson
ISBN: 9781620400302
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: August 20, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA
Language: English

Winner Whiting Writers' Award
Winner Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
Finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize
Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America's whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the '90s, those streets and beyond had fallen under the shadow of crack cocaine and its familiar mayhem. In his commanding autobiographical novel, Mitchell writes what it was to come of age in that time and place, with a break-out voice that's nothing less than extraordinary.

The Residue Years switches between the perspectives of a young man, Champ, and his mother, Grace. Grace is just out of a drug treatment program, trying to stay clean and get her kids back. Champ is trying to do right by his mom and younger brothers, and dreams of reclaiming the only home he and his family have ever shared. But selling crack is the only sure way he knows to achieve his dream. In this world of few options and little opportunity, where love is your strength and your weakness, this family fights for family and against what tears one apart.

Honest in its portrayal, with cadences that dazzle, The Residue Years signals the arrival of a writer set to awe.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Winner Whiting Writers' Award
Winner Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
Finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize
Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America's whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the '90s, those streets and beyond had fallen under the shadow of crack cocaine and its familiar mayhem. In his commanding autobiographical novel, Mitchell writes what it was to come of age in that time and place, with a break-out voice that's nothing less than extraordinary.

The Residue Years switches between the perspectives of a young man, Champ, and his mother, Grace. Grace is just out of a drug treatment program, trying to stay clean and get her kids back. Champ is trying to do right by his mom and younger brothers, and dreams of reclaiming the only home he and his family have ever shared. But selling crack is the only sure way he knows to achieve his dream. In this world of few options and little opportunity, where love is your strength and your weakness, this family fights for family and against what tears one apart.

Honest in its portrayal, with cadences that dazzle, The Residue Years signals the arrival of a writer set to awe.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book A Critical Introduction to Phonology by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Critical Design in Context by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book The Royal Navy by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book 100 Must-read Crime Novels by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Composite European Constitution by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book America and the Great War by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Armadillo by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book British Tank Crewman 1939-45 by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book The Lost Child by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Collaboration Through Craft by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Neilson Plays: 2 by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Churchill by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book The Rule of Law in Central America by Mitchell S. Jackson
Cover of the book Beyond Islam by Mitchell S. Jackson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy