Eleanor Henderson Bücher

'Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent' Ann Patchett 'A superb novel whose roots can be traced to Harper Lee and Carson McCullers' Oprah Magazine Genus Jackson was killed in Cotton County, Georgia, on a summer midnight in 1930, when the newborn twins were fast asleep.They lay head to toe in a cradle meant for one, Winnafred on one side and Wilson on the other.Only if you looked closely - and people did - could you see that the girl was pink as a piglet, and the boy was brown. In a house full of secrets, two babies - one light-skinned, the other dark - are born to Elma Jesup, a white sharecropper's daughter. Accused of her rape, field hand Genus Jackson is lynched and dragged down the Twelve-Mile Straight, the road to the nearby town. Despite the prying eyes and curious whispers of the townspeople, Elma begins to raise her babies as best as she can, under the roof of her impulsive father, Juke, and with the help of Nan, the young black housekeeper who is as close to Elma as a sister. It soon becomes clear that the ties that bind all of them together are more intricate than any could have imagined. A web of lies begins to collapse around the family, destabilizing their precarious world and forcing all to reckon with the truth.

Vermont, New Year's Eve, 1987. All Jude wants to do is get high. All Teddy wants to do is get out. One of them won't live to see 1988. In the wake of this death, three teenagers will try to find a way of honouring their lost friend. Is clean living the answer? Is parenthood? Or the simplicity of carrying out a last wish? Winding its way through Vermont, New York, the Straight Edge music scene and the early days of the AIDS epidemic, Ten Thousand Saints is a fierce, brilliant depiction of all types of love and its flaws, of life, loss and pain; a profoundly human story that explores how one moment of carelessness can impact the lives of so many.

A turbulent romance meets a harrowing medical mystery in this true story of the author's twenty-year marriage, defined by her husband's chronic illness and a testament to love's endurance. Eleanor met Aaron as a teenager at a record store, where his electric personality captivated her. Their summer romance blossomed into a lasting relationship that survived college, leading to marriage and two children. From the outside, their life appeared successful, but beneath the surface lay typical marital stresses compounded by Aaron's untreated depression, addiction, and family trauma. When mysterious lesions appeared on his body, both Eleanor and his doctors were baffled, facing a situation with no clear diagnosis or cure. As Aaron's concerns about parasites began to dominate his thoughts, the man she loved started to unravel. This new crisis created a rift in their marriage, raising profound questions: Where does physical illness end and mental illness begin? How do we coexist with another's suffering? Emotional and at times heartbreaking, this memoir chronicles a wife's relentless quest to heal her husband while exploring the complexities of love, acceptance, and the impact of illness on a relationship. It is a poignant reflection on enduring love in the face of overwhelming challenges.