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The Resource Balm : a novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Balm : a novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez

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The New York Times bestselling author of Wench returns to the Civil War era to explore the next chapter of history--the trauma of the War and the end of slavery--in this powerful story of love and healing about three people who struggle to overcome the pain of the past and define their own future. The Civil War has ended, and Madge, Sadie, and Hemp have each come to Chicago in search of a new life. Born with magical hands, Madge has the power to discern others' suffering, but she cannot heal her own damaged heart. To mend herself and help those in need, she must return to Tennessee to face the women healers who rejected her as a child. Sadie can commune with the dead, but until she makes peace with her father, she, too, cannot fully engage her gift. Searching for his missing family, Hemp arrives in this northern city that shimmers with possibility. But redemption cannot be possible until he is reunited with those taken from him. In the bitter aftermath of a terrible, bloody war, as a divided nation tries to come together once again, Madge, Sadie, and Hemp will be caught up in a desperate, unexpected battle for survival in a community desperate to lay the pain of the past to rest. Beautiful in its historical atmosphere and emotional depth, Balm is a stirring novel of love, loss, hope, and reconciliation set during one of the most critical periods in American history
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eng
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Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (9 hr., 14 min., 41 sec.))
Isbn
9780062395160
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Balm : a novel
Title
Balm
Title remainder
a novel
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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Author
Narrator
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Language
eng
Summary
The New York Times bestselling author of Wench returns to the Civil War era to explore the next chapter of history--the trauma of the War and the end of slavery--in this powerful story of love and healing about three people who struggle to overcome the pain of the past and define their own future. The Civil War has ended, and Madge, Sadie, and Hemp have each come to Chicago in search of a new life. Born with magical hands, Madge has the power to discern others' suffering, but she cannot heal her own damaged heart. To mend herself and help those in need, she must return to Tennessee to face the women healers who rejected her as a child. Sadie can commune with the dead, but until she makes peace with her father, she, too, cannot fully engage her gift. Searching for his missing family, Hemp arrives in this northern city that shimmers with possibility. But redemption cannot be possible until he is reunited with those taken from him. In the bitter aftermath of a terrible, bloody war, as a divided nation tries to come together once again, Madge, Sadie, and Hemp will be caught up in a desperate, unexpected battle for survival in a community desperate to lay the pain of the past to rest. Beautiful in its historical atmosphere and emotional depth, Balm is a stirring novel of love, loss, hope, and reconciliation set during one of the most critical periods in American history
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Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
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813/.6
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LC call number
PS3616.E7484
LC item number
B35 2015ab
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fiction
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Read by Lisa Renee Pitts
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  • Healers
  • Spiritualism
  • Missing persons
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  • African Americans
  • United States
  • United States
  • Chicago (Ill.)
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Balm : a novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (9 hr., 14 min., 41 sec.))
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online
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9780062395160
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Balm : a novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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Publication
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digital storage
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online resource
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spoken word
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Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (9 hr., 14 min., 41 sec.))
File format
unknown
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online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780062395160
Isbn Type
(electronic audio bk.)
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not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
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unknown
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
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digital
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c5c54b94-c677-4a00-aed3-464d7554986d
Publisher number
Z100091427
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not applicable
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unknown
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sound
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other
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  • (OCoLC)910324459
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