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When the Calloway family moves to Tupelo in the1950’s and enroll their sons in school, the Calloway brothers immediately run into trouble with two of the meanest boys in Tupelo. When the boys meet the trouble head on, it impresses the whole school and in particular, the beautiful Annabelle Owens. Love blooms quickly.
The story revolves around Anna Tellwright, a young woman who lives with her widowed father in the town of Bursley. Anna's life is tightly constrained by her father's strict religious beliefs and their insular community. However, when her father dies, Anna inherits a significant amount of money, which brings about a series of changes and challenges in her life. "Anna of the Five Towns" explores themes of individual freedom, personal growth, and the conflict between personal desires and societal expectations. As Anna navigates her newfound wealth and the choices it affords her, she must confront the limitations imposed by her upbringing and make decisions that will shape her future. Bennett's ...
'Divide is well written and thought-provoking' - Sunday Telegraph 'A lively guide through the thorny challenges of rural life in an urban world. Essential reading for both incomer and local. Anna Jones is insightful but above all sensitive: we walk in everybody's shoes' - Tom Heap 'This book, by farmer's daughter and now-journalist and media presenter Anna Jones, is one of the most enjoyable and interesting books I have read this year' - Mark Avery This book is a call to action. It warns that unless we learn to accept and respect our social, cultural and political differences as town and country people, we are never going to solve the chronic problems in our food system and environment. As w...
"Powerful and important . . . an instant classic." —The Washington Post Book World The award-winning look at an ugly aspect of American racism by the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, reissued with a new preface by the author In this groundbreaking work, sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the classic bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns, Loewen uncovers the thousands of "sundown towns"—almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks weren't welcome—that cropped up throughout the twentieth century, most of them locat...
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