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03796aam a2200565 i 4500 001 F73BDF9ABCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240127010046 008 230523s2024 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023024306 020 $a 0593598296 020 $a 9780593598290 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IMmBT $d SILO 050 00 $a PS3603.H4453 $b A63 2024 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230523 100 1 $a Cheeks, Maura, $e author. 245 10 $a Acts of forgiveness : $b a novel / $c Maura Cheeks. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c [2024] 300 $a 308 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "In this big-hearted debut about ambition, race, and class, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they're willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program. Almost a decade ago, Willie Revel gave up her burgeoning journalism career in New York to help run her father's struggling construction company in Philadelphia. An ambitious single mother, Willie has reluctantly put family first without being able to forget who she might have become. Now, as the president of the United States prepares to pass the Forgiveness Act, a bill that would allow Black families to claim reparations if they can prove they are the descendants of slaves, Willie delves deeper into her family's history, while also trying to keepthe family from going into bankruptcy. Acts of Forgiveness reveals the ways historical discrimination can manifest in the present. Could reparations help uncover her forgotten roots and right generational wrongs, while also helping save their beloved homeand her father's life work? But for reasons both justifiable and cryptic, the rest of the family is hesitant and wary of what pursuing Forgiveness could mean. Her mother who was adopted is not eager to dig up the past; her father doesn't trust the government; and her daughter is just trying to make it through the fifth grade at her elite private school. It's up to Willie to verify their ancestry and save her family from financial ruin--but as she delves into their history, Willie begins to learn just howcomplicated family can really be. With warm insight and powerful prose, Acts of Forgiveness asks how history shapes who we are, to consider the weight of success when it is achieved despite incredible odds, and what leaving behind a legacy truly means"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African American families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Single mothers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Reparations $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Cheeks, Maura. $t Acts of forgiveness $b First edition. $d New York : Ballantine Books, [2024] $z 9780593598306 $w (DLC) 2023024307 941 $a 21 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716062505.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20240712013105.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702024658.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20240606010725.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20240606010313.0 952 $l FJPC224 $d 20240521010315.0 952 $l S3PA501 $d 20240518124423.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20240503010828.0 952 $l EIPA852 $d 20240423165739.0 $m EIPA852 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020855.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012716.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240409011858.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240402011535.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240307012344.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240305011726.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240305011452.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240302012120.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240302011509.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240302010754.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240302010312.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20240302010056.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F73BDF9ABCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search