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“An honest and refreshing novel that makes an important statement about the barriers between blacks and whites” by the author of Her Own Place (San Francisco Chronicle). Clover Hill is ten years old when her father, the principal of the local elementary school, marries a white woman, Sara Kate. Just hours later, an automobile accident compels Clover to forge a relationship with the new stepmother she hardly knows in this beautiful, enduring novel about a family lost and found. First published by Algonquin in 1990 and winner of the Lillian Smith Award for Southern literature that enhances racial awareness, Clover is a national bestseller and has been recommended reading for classrooms across the country. Now on our thirtieth anniversary we have the pleasure of republishing this Algonquin classic in trade paperback, with an original essay by the author. In the spirit of Cold Sassy Tree and The Secret Life of Bees, Clover is a witty, insightful classic for readers of all ages. “Striking . . . The author has staked out an impressive new territory here, replete with peach farmers, textile workers, drunks and crazy people, with the newly middle class as well as the terminally poor . . . Clover is very much the genuine item.” —The New York Times Book Review “Warmly engrossing . . . Sanders writes with wit and authority in this unusual gem of a love story.” —Chicago Tribune “Black vernacular as convincing as Alice Walker’s, imaginative metaphors that rival Maya Angelou’s and humor as delicious as Zora Neale Hurston’s.” —Publishers Weekly
Chasing the Light is an action adventure, romantic comedy with a unique sci-fi twist. But once the characters reach the refuge of the high Sierras, it becomes a heartwarming journey of discovery. Michelle Rousseau is a very intelligent research scientists who has developed an advanced Virtual Reality system that can be used in the real world. Tom Bryant is a nature photographer who spends weeks at a time immersed the wilderness of the high Sierras. Alvin is a sentient being from another world who explores the galaxy by beaming a virtual version of himself and his entire civilization by stages to likely planets that might have intelligent life. When he arrives on earth his transmission is so immense that he ends up scattered all over the World Wide Web in millions of computers, causing havoc to businesses, governments, and law enforcement agencies. By a chance meeting Alvin is able to contact Tom through Michelle's VR glasses and tells him what happened. Michelle helps him build an advanced computer so he can retrieve the rest of himself before they are caught by the military and dozens of other agencies trying to find the one responsible for a looming world wide disaster. But if Alvin is detained or disconnected from the web, another transmission, much more powerful than the one he came in on, will disable most of the computers on the planet. They reach the refuge of the high Sierras, where Alvin can use a satellite dish to access the Web, while Tom and Michelle go on a lot of personal adventures, trying to hide in a remote wilderness. Alvin is intensely curious about earth, and asks a lot of innocent questions about love and human relationships. Michelle had been hurt in a lot of her relationships and has a hard time trusting anyone. She is a beautiful woman, but her beauty had always been a handicap for her in the business world. Men saw her as a trophy, something to conquer and posses. Tom is a passionate artist who loves the outdoors. He spends most of their time in the mountains putting Michelle in situations she isn't used to, trying to get her to really trust him. Their lives are in each other's hands, and Tom knows that he'll never reach her until she learns how to trust again.
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