Mudbound

New York, NY : Algonquin Books, 2009. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rod Shelf International Bestseller Winner of the Bellweather Prize for Fiction Now a major motion picture from Netflix, directed by Dee Rees, nominated in four categories for the Academy Awards. In Jordan's prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. This book includes a Readers Guide at the end of the story and an interview with the author. The story takes place in 1946 [from the back cover], "in this award winning portrait of two families caught up in the blind hatred of a small Southern town, prejudice takes many forms--some subtle, some ruthless. Mudbound is the saga of the McAllen family , who struggle to survive on a remote ramshackle farm and the Jacksons, their black sharecroppers. When two sons return from World War II to work the land, the unlikely friendship between these brothers-in-arms--one white, one black--arouses the passions of their neighbors."