The Secret of Magic [Kindle Edition] Author: Deborah Johnson | Language: English | ISBN:
B00F3KXOR8 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Direct download links available The Secret of Magic Epub Free for everyone book mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link In 1946, a young female attorney from New York City attempts the impossible: attaining justice for a black man in the Deep South.
Regina Robichard works for Thurgood Marshall, who receives an unusual letter asking the NAACP to investigate the murder of a returning black war hero. It is signed by M. P. Calhoun, the most reclusive author in the country.
As a child, Regina was captivated by Calhoun’s The Secret of Magic, a novel in which white and black children played together in a magical forest.
Once down in Mississippi, Regina finds that nothing in the South is as it seems. She must navigate the muddy waters of racism, relationships, and her own tragic past. The Secret of Magic brilliantly explores the power of stories and those who tell them.
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- File Size: 1419 KB
- Print Length: 416 pages
- Publisher: Putnam Adult (January 21, 2014)
- Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00F3KXOR8
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,242 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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By turns gentle and powerful, The Secret of Magic is a masterful interweaving of tradition, resilience, injustice, idealism, and respect. It also is a beautifully crafted tale, with a voice that flows from melodic and evocative to humorous and even thunderous.
If you've read the teasers and advance publicity, you know that this is a novel about seeking answers and justice on behalf of a WWII veteran in the postwar South. And if you've read the author's note, you know that Deborah Johnson was inspired to write this novel by the lives of four very real people who might have wanted to live ordinary lives, but for whom time and circumstances had different expectations -- a decree that each would face extraordinary challenges.
In impeccably measured prose that is all the more beautiful for being unassuming, Johnson introduces us to an idealistic young lawyer, a gentle and righteous father, and the author whose words have impacted both their lives. A dozen or more other people dot the pages, each carefully and deftly illuminated.
Johnson also brings to life the town of Revere, and the forest in which it nestles. As you read, you will encounter many talismans, including ladybugs, mistletoe, and a mailbox full of bluebirds. These and many other moments sing of simplicity while they hint at deeper meaning.
I have never had the privilege of visiting the American South, but some of my favorite authors are from that part of the world, and they have touched my soul and dampened my cheeks with their stories.
Every now and then there comes a book that you want to step into the pages of and be there to influence the outcome, this is such a book. I think it is destined to be a "classic" explaining much of the South during the time Deborah Johnson is writing about. Not only is the prose incredible and flowing but the characters are irresistible. I wanted to meet them all, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Set in the South at the end of World War 11 when the Negro was still considered to be less than human, this story delves into the heart of the issue that people are good or bad and in-between not depending on the color of their skin. Along with the story you are reading, there is a "story within a story" about a book written by a person under the initials M.P. Calhoun who turns out to be one of the main characters in this book. Regina Robichard had been influenced by this book, also titled "The Secret of Magic" as a young girl and as it turns out, is even more so now at age 26 when she is sent as a not even dry behind the ears lawyer to investigate the death of a young Negro war hero in the very biased and very southern town of Revere. Her mentor and boss, is Thurgood Marshall who was, at that time, head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in NYC. You can look Mr. Marshall up as he is real as real can be and the story is loosely based on one of the cases that came across his desk.
Our author deftly weaves how the lives of this small town interact and how each person "colored or white" are very dependent on each other and not always unhappy to be so. There are so many layers to this book it reminds me of Walla Walla Sweet onion. Paper thin and each one important to the "whole". It is also interesting how Ms.
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