Jason Mott

Harold and Lucille Hargrave''s lives have been both joyful and sorrowful in the decades since their eight-year-old son, Jacob, died tragically in 1966. In their old age they''ve settled comfortably into life without him. Until one day Jacob mysteriously appears on their doorstepflesh and blood, still eight years old.All over the world people''s loved ones are returning from beyond. No one knows how or why, whether it''s a miracle or a sign of the end. Not even Harold and Lucille can agree on whether the boy is real or a wondrous imitation. But as chaos erupts around the globe, the newly reunited family finds itself at the center of a community on the brink of collapse, forced to navigate a mysterious new reality.With spare, elegant prose and searing emotional depth, award-winning poet Jason Mott explores timeless questions of faith and morality, love and responsibility. A spellbinding and stunning debut, The Returned is an unforgettable story that marks the arrival of an important new voice in contemporary fiction.

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On the heels of his critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling debut novel, The Returned, Jason Mott delivers a spellbinding tale of love and sacrifice, perfect for fans of Louisa Douglas, Daniela Sacerdoti and Jodi Picoult. A freak accident reveals a secret that 13-year-old Ava has been terrified to share. Ava has a unique gift: she can heal others of their physical ailments. Now, the whole world knows, and people from all over the globe want to glimpse the wonder of a miracle. But Avas ability comes at a cost, and as she grows weaker with each healing, she finds herself having to decide just how much shes willing to sacrifice in order to save the ones she loves most. Full of intrigue and suspense, Avas Gift captures the imagination and will have readers enchanted until the very last page. Published in America as The Wonder of All Things Praise for Jason Motts The Returned: Fantastically readable. The Times It willmake you question what it means to be human and what youd do in a similar situation The Sun Get in early before the hype begins Star Magazine

Two Black writers with stories to tell and some they d rather forget One wins the big prize gets the book tour walks into the spotlight of global success The other is about to walk into a place ripped apart by violence a school that s recently suffered a shooting with only a speech to offer them Some stories are simple and stay neatly in the lines This one wanders bends time breaks rules This one has sea monsters floating handguns and ridiculously tiny French cars Some stories are true This one is mostly made up Some people turn the page and move on Some people survive by forgetting But those people They re not people like us

***2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER******THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER***Winner of the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist, 2022 Chautauqua Prize Finalist, Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing Shortlist, 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Shortlist, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award Shortlist, 2022 Carnegie Medal LonglistA Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! An Ebony Magazine Publishing Book Club Pick! One of Washington Posts 50 Notable Works of Fiction | One of Philadelphia Inquirers Best Books of 2021 | One of Shelf Awarenesss Top Ten Fiction Titles of the Year | One of TIME Magazines 100 Must-Read Books | One of NPR.orgs "Books We Love" | EWs "Guide to the Biggest and Buzziest Books of 2021"|One of the New York Public Librarys Best Books for Adults | San Diego Union TribuneMy Favorite Things from 2021 | Writers Bones Best Books of 2021 |Atlanta Journal ConstitutionTop 10 Southern Books of the Year |One of the Guardians (UK) Best Ten 21st Century Comic Novels | One of Entertainment Weeklys 15 Books You Need to Read This June | On Entertainment Weeklys "Must List" | One of the New York Posts Best Summer Reading books | One of GMAs 27 Books for June | One of USA Todays 5 Books Not to Miss | One of Fortunes 21 Most Anticipated Books Coming Out in the Second Half of 2021| One of The Roots PageTurners: Its Getting Hot in Here | One of Real Simples Best New Books to Read in 2021 An astounding work of fiction from New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott, always deeply honest, at times electrically funny, that goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans and America as a wholeIn Jason Motts Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and more urgent: Motts novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour. As these characters stories build and converge, they astonish. For while this heartbreaking and magical book entertains and is at once about family, love of parents and children, art and money, its also about the nations reckoning with a tragic police shooting playing over and over again on the news. And with what it can mean to be Black in America. Who has been killed? Who is The Kid? Will the author finish his book tour, and what kind of world will he leave behind? Unforgettably told, with characters who burn into your mind and an electrifying plot ideal for book club discussion, Hell of a Book is the novel Mott has been writing in his head for the last ten years. And in its final twists, it truly becomes its title.

Et si ceux que nous avons aimés revenaient à la vie ?Dans le premier roman obsédant et inoubliable de Jason Mott, un événement insensé et inexplicable se produit. Découvrez comment tout a commencé da

Au cours d’une tournée promotionnelle pour son dernier roman, un écrivain noir américain fait la connaissance d’un enfant à la peau si sombre qu’on le surnomme Charbon. D’abord rencontré dans la sall

Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFinalist for the Willie Morris Awards for Southern FictionFinalist for the BookTube Prize for FictionOne of TIME Magazines 100 Must-Read Books of 2025One of USA Todays 15 Books You Should Read This SummerOne of Atlanta Journal-Constitutions Hot New Summer ReadsOne of Peoples Most Anticipated Summer BooksOne of Lit Hubs Most Anticipated Books of 2025A Late Show Book Club pickThe riveting new novel by the author of the 2021 National Book Award winner and bestseller Hell of a BookPeople Like Us is Jason Motts electric new novel. It is not memoir, yet it has deeply personal connections to Jasons life. And while rooted in reality, it explodes with dreamlike experiences that pull a reader in and dont let go, from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks, and feelings of love and memory so real they hurt.In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.People Like Us is wickedly funny and achingly sad all at once. It is an utter triumph bursting with larger-than-life characters who deliver a very real take on our world. This book contains characters experiencing deep loss and longing; it also is buoyed by riotous humor and characters who share the deepest love. It is the newest creation of a writer whose work amazes, delivering something utterly new yet instantly recognizable as a Jason Mott novel. Finishing the novel will leave you absolutely breathless and, at the same time, utterly filled with joy for life, changed forever by characters who are people like us.

WINNER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYMUST READA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK* * * * *Discover this astonishing work of fiction from award-winning, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jason Mott.Powerful, timely and provocativeABI DARE, author of GIRL WITH A LOUDING VOICEJason Mott truly has written one hell of a book.CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of QUEENIEThis is a true story.An author goes on a book tour for his new bestseller which, as people keep telling him, is one hell of a book.This is a coming-of-age story. One morning, he meets The Kid: a young Black boy who looks just like the one he keeps seeing on the news. And The Kid wants him to tell his story.This is a sad story. Its the story of a boy who spent most of his life trying to hide. And it may not be that different from the story of our author.This is a love story. But to find out why, youll have to read this for yourself.

Two Black writers - with stories to tell, and some theyd rather forget.One wins the big prize, gets the book tour, walks into the spotlight of global success.The other is about to walk into a place ripped apart by violence - a school thats recently suffered a shooting - with only a speech to offer them.Some stories are simple, and stay neatly in the lines.This one wanders, bends time, breaks rules. This one has sea monsters, floating handguns and ridiculously tiny French cars.Some stories are true.This one is - mostly - made up.Some people turn the page and move on.Some people survive by forgetting.But those people? Theyre not people like us.

Vencedor do National Book Award em 2021, Puta livro bom, de Jason Mott, é um romance profundamente honesto e surpreendentemente divertido que vai ao cerne do racismo, da violência policial e de um pa

New York Times bestselling author of The ReturnedStay and die, or run and survive.Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to collapse around them as a deadly contagion steadily wipes out entire populations and a devastating world war rages on. When Tommy is drafted for the war, the twins are faced with a choice: accept their fate of almost certain death, or dodge the draft. Virginia and Tommy flee into the dark night.Armed with only a pistol and their fierce will to survive, the twins set forth in search of a new beginning. Encountering a colorful cast of characters along the way, Tommy and Virginia must navigate the dangers and wonders of this changed world as they try to outrun the demons of their past.With deft imagination and breathless prose, The Crossing is a riveting tale of loyalty, sacrifice and the burdens we carry with us into the darkness of the unknown.Readers love Jason Mott:This is a deserving read and a solid addition to this genreA well written book.This was an intriguing novel, with a premise unique in the dystopian books Ive read.an engrossing read.Its adventuresome, but also intellectually complexhighly recommended

Et si ceux que nous avons aimés revenaient à la vie ?Arcadia, petite ville du Sud des Etats-Unis, perdue au milieu des champs de blé et de soja. Là, comme partout ailleurs dans le monde, un phénomène

The New York Times bestselling debut novel from the author of Hell of a Book Tragic and humorous and terrifying Eowyn Ivey, Author of The Snow ChildFantastically readable The Times Lucille Hargraves son Jacob has been dead for over forty years. Now hes standing on her doorstep, still eight years old. Still looking for her to welcome him with open arms. All over the world peoples loved ones are returning from beyond. No one knows how or why, whether its a miracle or a sign of the end. But as chaos erupts around the globe, the newly reunited family finds itself at the center of a community on the brink of collapse, forced to navigate a terrifying new reality. Their lives will never be the same again.

Harold y Lucille Hargrave han vivido duranteádecadas con la pena de haber perdido a su únicohijo, Jacob, en un trágico accidente en 1966.Ahora, ya entrados en la tercera edad, disfrutanáde una vida tranquila. Hasta que un dia, un agenteagubernamental aparece en su puerta de la manoade Jacob, que sigue teniendo ocho años y el mismoaaspecto que tenia el dia de su muerte.A lo largo y ancho del mundo, los muertos estanavolviendo del mas alla. Nadie sabe como ni por que,ao si se trata de un milagro o un anuncio del fin deanuestros dias. Ni siquiera Harold y Lucille sabenacomo reaccionar ante la vuelta de su hijo, lo queasi saben con certeza es que se trata de Jacob.

Harold y Lucille Hargrave han vivido duranteádecadas con la pena de haber perdido a su únicohijo, Jacob, en un trágico accidente en 1966.Ahora, ya entrados en la tercera edad, disfrutanáde una vida tranquila. Hasta que un dia, un agenteagubernamental aparece en su puerta de la manoade Jacob, que sigue teniendo ocho años y el mismoaaspecto que tenia el dia de su muerte.A lo largo y ancho del mundo, los muertos estanavolviendo del mas alla. Nadie sabe como ni por que,ao si se trata de un milagro o un anuncio del fin deanuestros dias. Ni siquiera Harold y Lucille sabenacomo reaccionar ante la vuelta de su hijo, lo queasi saben con certeza es que se trata de Jacob.