How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South Binding:Hardcover The Edge of Water tells

The Edge of Water tells the story of a young woman who dreams of life in America

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she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past

from the land of spirits and monsters

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South Binding:Hardcover The Edge of Water tellsFrom the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family's search for home and hope "Powerful . . . McCaulley uses examples of his own family's stories of survival over time to remind readers that some paths to the promised land have detours along the way." The Root A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR For much of his life, Esau McCaulley was taught to