A Kind of Freedom: A Novel [Paperback]

Long-listed for the National Book Award
Winner of the Crook's Corner Prize
Winner of the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association
ANew York TimesNotable Book

Brilliantly juxtaposing World War II, the 80s and post-Katrinapresent, Sexton follows three generations of a black New Orleans family as they struggle to bloom amid the poison of racism.People

Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of WorldWar II. In 1982, Evelyns daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grapplingwith her absent husbands drug addiction. Jackies son, T.C., loves the creativeprocess of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before HurricaneKatrina, but the New Orleans he knew didnt survive the storm. For Evelyn, Jim Crowis an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants.Margaret Wilkerson Sextons critically acclaimed debut is an urgent novel that explores thelegacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.