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Ours
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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"A beautifully-written and ambitious epic about the complexity of freedom." --Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half An epic novel set in mid-nineteenth-century America about the spiritual costs of a freedom that demands fierce protection In this ingenious, sweeping novel, Phillip B. Williams introduces us to an enigmatic woman named Saint, a fearsome conjuror who, in the 1830s, annihilates plantations all over Arkansas to rescue the people enslaved there. She brings those she has freed to a haven of her own creation: a town just north of St. Louis, magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours. It is in this miraculous place that Saint's grand experiment--a truly secluded community where her people may flourish--takes root. But although Saint does her best to protect the inhabitants of Ours, over time, her conjuring and memories begin to betray her, leaving the town vulnerable to intrusions by newcomers with powers of their own. As the cracks in Saint's creation are exposed, some begin to wonder whether the community's safety might be yet another form of bondage. Set over the course of four decades and steeped in a rich tradition of American literature informed by Black surrealism, mythology, and spirituality, Ours is a stunning exploration of the possibilities and limitations of love and freedom by a writer of capacious vision and talent.
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ChaoticMissAdventures
ChaoticMissAdventures
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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Okay so first I am absolutely obsessed with how good this cover is.If this was in a museum I would buy a print for my office
For inside - I enjoyed this but it is too long. I thought the world building is exceptional, all of the characters are really complex and rich. Saint is way more complicated than I thought she would be from the blurb. She will make you uncomfortable. And sometimes you will fully be on her side. 👇

ChaoticMissAdventures There are a few too many characters. I would not have been made if this had been a series split up to tell different peoples stories. I wanted to be fully living with Luther -Phillip and Justice we got to know them but I wanted way more from them and from Aba even as I thought the book was too long. The ending felt a bit muddled but I think that is my fault rushing a bit to the finale. Overall I was blown away by the entirety of this. 1w
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ChaoticMissAdventures
ChaoticMissAdventures
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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#WeeklyForecast

Finishing the tagged (have a little over 100pgs to go) Reading SGJ's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (I am about 75 pages in already and loving it)

Starting Real Americans which is due back to the library next weekend (#ToB), and Still Life With Bones (#NFReads)

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ChaoticMissAdventures
ChaoticMissAdventures
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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"Not much for notable sins. Ever since he made Ours home, he had seen only a couple scuffles. One over a pig invading a neighbor's garden and another between two men over a woman who wanted nothing to do with either."

Isn't that the way it often is?

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ChaoticMissAdventures
ChaoticMissAdventures
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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#FirstLineFriday

“Nearly two centuries before the boy who was shot dead at the intersection of First and Bank stood up in his own blood and spoke his name as if it were just given to him, there was a town named Ours, founded by a mysterious and fearsome woman right where the boy had been shot. “

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ChaoticMissAdventures
ChaoticMissAdventures
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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January 2025

Let's go!

#MonthlyTBR

I started the tagged a bit ago but go distracted by library books hoping to get a good jump on the years page goals with it out the gate.

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TheKidUpstairs
TheKidUpstairs
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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You know those times when you already have four other books on the go, and just picked up two library holds, and have a mile-high TBR pile at home, but then you open the first page of a 573 page chunkster and the first paragraph draws you in so completely you just HAVE to bring it home with you and read it immediately?

Yeah, me too.

BarbaraBB I want to read on too 😀 4mo
TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB I read the first couple chapters last night, and am really liking it so far! 4mo
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mdemanatee
mdemanatee
Ours | Phillip B Williams
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Had a great weekend at Printers Row in Chicago and finally picked this one I‘ve been eyeing all year up. It was clearly meant to be as it is now signed.

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