THE NEW YORK TIMES 1 BESTSELLER OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICKOne of the best books I have ever read in my entire life I havent felt this way since I first read Beloved Oprah Winfrey Lose yourself in the stunning debut novel everyone is talking about the unmissable historical story of injustice and redemption that resonates powerfully todayHiram Walker is a man with a secret and a war to win A war for the right to life to family to freedomBorn into bondage on a Virginia plantation he is also born gifted with a mysterious power that he wont discover until he is almost a man when he risks everything for a chance to escape One fateful decision will carry him away from his makeshift plantation family and into the heart of the underground war on slavery A transcendent work from a crucial political and literary artist Diana Evans Ive been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died Clearly it is TaNehisi Coates Toni Morrison
