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My Jim
Winner:Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award -Fiction (2006)
A "compelling, eloquently written" (San Francisco Chronicle) novel that reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn's Jim from the perspective of his wife, Sadie.
"Rawles covers territory Twain did not. . . . As heart-wrenching a personal history as any recorded in American literature."--The New York Times Book Review
To help her granddaughter accept the risks of loving, Sadie Watson mines her memory for the tale of the unquenchable love of her life, Jim. Sadie's Jim was an ambitious young slave and seer who, when faced with the prospect of being sold, escaped down the Mississippi with a white boy named Huck Finn. Sadie is suddenly left alone, worried about her children, reviled as a witch, punished for Jim's escape, and convinced her husband is dead. But Sadie's will and her love for Jim animate her life and see her through.
"Rawles covers territory Twain did not. . . . As heart-wrenching a personal history as any recorded in American literature."--The New York Times Book Review
To help her granddaughter accept the risks of loving, Sadie Watson mines her memory for the tale of the unquenchable love of her life, Jim. Sadie's Jim was an ambitious young slave and seer who, when faced with the prospect of being sold, escaped down the Mississippi with a white boy named Huck Finn. Sadie is suddenly left alone, worried about her children, reviled as a witch, punished for Jim's escape, and convinced her husband is dead. But Sadie's will and her love for Jim animate her life and see her through.
A nuanced critique of the great American novel that mirrors the true story of countless slave women, My Jim is a haunting and inspiring story about freedom, longing, and the remarkable endurance of love.
Book Details
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Jan 24th, 2006
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.12in - 0.52in - 0.46lb
- EAN: 9781400054015
- Categories: • Literary• Classics• African American & Black - General
About the Author
Nancy Rawles is an award-winning novelist and playwright. Her novel Love Like Gumbo was the recipient of the American Book Award. She lives in Seattle.
Praise for this book
"A wonderful first-person narrative . . . both a love story and a chronicle of a brutal time in American history." --Chicago Tribune
"My Jim is a compelling, eloquently written novel that can stand on its own merits beside the great works that inspired it." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Rawles's affecting spin-off of Twain's classic gives the resilient Sadie Watson a harrowing story and a powerful voice to tell it." --Entertainment Weekly
"In a spare, naturalistic style that's reminiscent of oral history, Rawles covers territory Twain did not....As heart-wrenching a personal history as any recorded in American literature." --New York Times Book Review