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By China Galland
Though
it’s set in a remote part of rural East Texas, the story of Love—a
historic black cemetery—is really a quintessential American story of
land theft, racism and environmental destruction that plays out in
different versions in New Orleans, Iraq, and Darfur. It asks whether
we can work together to create a shared future by understanding our
shared history. "I guarantee that once you start, you will not stop, and when you are done, you will have discovered the healing power of Love Cemetery." Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal "Love Cemetery is a moving work of immense social consciousness and spiritual power written by a very gifted writer" Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees "To create a page-turner about our collective shadow is the sweetest gift a writer can offer. May you weep, as did I, for what she discovers in these piney woods, and through this offering know your country and self in humbling new ways." Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest, How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming (Viking, May 2007) Love Cemetery in the Media Dallas Morning News' Front Page Story on Love Cemetery What does Denzel Washington's new movie, The Great Debaters have in common with Love Cemetery?
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