The Revisioners: A Novel

The Revisioners: A Novel

<p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER</b></p><b><br /><p>A <i>New York Times Book Review</i> Notable Book of the Year</p><br /><p>"Sexton takes on [Toni Morrison's artful invocation of the ghost] in her new novel <i>The Revisioners</i>. . . She writes with such a clear sense of place and time that each of these intermingled stories feels essential and dramatic in its own way." —Ron Charles, <i>The Washington Post</i></p><br /></b><p><b>"A powerful tale of racial tensions across generations." —<i>People</i></b></p><br /><p>In 1924, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephine’s family.</p><br /><p>Nearly one hundred years later, Josephine’s descendant, Ava, is a single mother who has just lost her job. She moves in with her white grandmother, Martha, a wealthy but lonely woman who pays Ava to be her companion. But Martha’s behavior soon becomes erratic, then threatening, and Ava must escape before her story and Josephine’s converge.</p><br /><p><i>The Revisioners</i> explores the depths of women’s relationships—powerful women and marginalized women, healers and survivors. It is a novel about the bonds between mothers and their children, the dangers that upend those bonds. At its core, <i>The Revisioners</i> ponders generational legacies, the endurance of hope, and the undying promise of freedom.</p><br /><p><b>"[A] stunning new novel . . . Sexton’s writing is clear and uncluttered, the dialogue authentic, with all the cadences of real speech... This is a novel about the women, the mothers." ―<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b></p>