Joshua's Bible

Description: > Product description Sent to South Africa in the 1930s at a time when African-American teachers were banned and branded as troublemakers, young minister Joshua Clay struggles with the expectations placed upon him and comes to fall in love with the area, its people, and a special woman. 20,000 first printing. From Booklist *Starred Review* In Joshua's Bible, Leanne tells the bittersweet tale of Joshua Clay, a studious young black man from Ohio coming of age in the time of Marcus Garvey and the Harlem Renaissance. Keen to serve the Lord, Clay is honored to be sent to South Africa as a missionary among the Xhosa. Coming from a country with its own racial problems, Joshua can scarcely miss the irony of being named an "Honorary White," and though Product description Sent to South Africa in the 1930s at a time when African-American teachers were banned and branded as troublemakers, young minister Joshua Clay struggles with the expectations placed upon him and comes to fall in love with the area, its people, and a special woman. 20,000 first printing. From Booklist *Starred Review* In Joshua's Bible, Leanne tells the bittersweet tale of Joshua Clay, a studious young black man from Ohio coming of age in the time of Marcus Garvey and the Harlem Renaissance. Keen to serve the Lord, Clay is honored to be sent to South Africa as a missionary among the Xhosa. Coming from a country with its own racial problems, Joshua can scarcely miss the irony of being named an "Honorary White," and though he does his best to perform as his church has directed, he cannot escape the fact that his status is that of an Uncle Tom. His consciousness is raised, he falls in love with a Xhosa, and then he throws himself body and soul against the rising tide of apartheid, signaled by forced relocations and indefinite jail sentences. A deeply felt novel, splendidly researched. John Mort Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Review "JOSHUA'S BIBLE is a novel that will linger in your mind long after you read the final chapter." -- ? Nneka J. McGee, KISO Books "Not since Alan Paton's Cry the Beloved Country has there been a more engaging narrative?with broad themes and vivid characterization?." -- ? Rev. Nolan Williams, Jr., co-editor of African American Heritage Hymnal "Outstanding! Shelly Leanne painstakingly has crafted an engaging story? making JOSHUA'S BIBLE one of the best fiction choices... Highly recommended." -- ? Black Caucus of the American Library Association Newsletter, June 2003 "Shelly Leanne does an outstanding job of capturing the reader ?. this book is sure to garner widespread acclaim." -- ? Shades of Romance Magazine, 2003 "What a wonderful novel! This is an uplifting story to be cherished by all readers." -- ?William Holinger, author of The Fence-walker About the Author Shelly Leanne has won the 2004 Honor Award in Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association for this debut novel, Joshua?s Bible, which has also been a Black Expressions "Member Favorites" book and earned a *starred* review from Booklist. A recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, the Du Bois Institute Fellowship, and the Carter G. Woodson Fellowship, Shelly Leanne has spent time living in South Africa, Trinidad and England, and teaching in rural Kenya. She served as a Harvard University faculty member from 1997-2001, where she taught about human rights and about South Africa. Shelly Leanne now resides with her husband in the Los Angeles area, where she is working on her second novel. Hardback w/dust jacket

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