COUNTY WOMAN: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 06000015B79289
English Summary/英文概要： A precisely observed portrait of the civil rights era and the gripping story of one woman’s unexpected awakening
Itna Homa, Mississippi, is like many small Southern towns in the early 1960s. News travels fast, gossip even faster, and one ugly incident has the power to set the entire community aflame. Forty years ago, the murder of a local white woman shook Itna Homa to its core and resulted in the conviction—based on circumstantial evidence—of a young black man. Now desegregation at the University of Mississippi is the talk of the town, and fear and prejudice once again threaten to tear friends and families apart.
For middle-aged housewife Allie McCall, the civil rights movement offers a welcome opportunity to reconsider her own life. She is open to the new ideas about race, class, and gender that are sweeping the country, and eager to see them gain greater acceptance in her hometown. Shocking her husband, Tate, and confounding the local political establishment, Allie enters the race for town constable against a long-serving and bigoted incumbent. As a voice for progressive reform, Allie hopes to encourage her like-minded neighbors to speak up. But her quest has another, more personal component—it was Allie’s mother who was killed all those years ago, and Elgie Hale, the man accused of the crime, has recently escaped from prison. Allie will risk everything—her marriage, her safety, her principles—to track down Hale and determine his guilt or innocence once and for all.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 小说讲述了民权时代（20世纪60年代左右）一位妇女出人意料的觉醒之路。
故事发生在密西西比一个叫Itna Homa 的南方小镇。40年前，一位当地的白人妇女被杀害，震惊了整个小镇。当时，根据间接证据将一个年轻黑人定罪。
主人公Allie McCall人到中年，十分乐于接受有关种族、阶级和性别的新思想，并开始为此奔走。40年前惨遭杀害的女人正是她的母亲。而当时被定罪的年轻人Elgie Hale 最近越狱了。因此，Allie McCall 所做的一切也是为了抓住Elgie Hale 并确认他是否有罪。在这个过程中，她堵上了一切，包括自己的婚姻、安全，和一直以来坚守的原则……(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：“作者利用简单的素材，充分发挥自己讲故事的才能，深刻洞见各种心理机制，挖掘内心情感。最重要的是，她拥有打动人心的天赋。”——Robert Penn Warren
“To her simple materials, Joan Williams brings the art of the born storyteller, subtlety of psychological insight, and a deep clarity of feeling. She has, in fact, that last and greatest gift: to move the heart.” —Robert Penn Warren
About the Author/作者介绍： Joan Williams (1928–2004)，著名小说家。其作品《晨昏》曾入围国家图书奖。作者出生在孟菲斯，其作品深受母亲的影响，创作的小说大部分都发生在田纳西州。曾获得John P. Marquand First Novel Award，美国艺术和文学学会授予的奖金及古根海姆奖金。
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