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AMITY: from the Booker-longlisted author of The Sweetness of Water

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Full Title:

AMITY: from the Booker-longlisted author of The Sweetness of Water

Contributors:

By (Author) Nathan Harris

ISBN:

9781035404681

Publisher:

Headline Publishing Group

Imprint:

Tinder Press

Publication Date:

9th December 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Family life fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 240mm

Description

The highly anticipated second novel from the author of the Booker-longlisted THE SWEETNESS OF WATER

'Amity is deeply adventurous and astonishingly beautiful' Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets

'A writer of great lyricism and power' i paper

'Harris will win over the hearts of many readers' Financial Times

'Masterful' Oprah Winfrey

Baton Rouge, 1869. The Civil War might be over, but former slaves Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they've been promised. Two years ago, the siblings were separated when their old master, Mr. Harper, took June away on a hair-brained quick money scheme to Mexico, where he hoped to escape the new reality of the post-war South. Coleman stayed behind in Louisiana to serve the Harper family, clinging to the hope that one day Mr. Harper would bring June back to him.

When an unexpected letter from Mr. Harper arrives, summoning Coleman and the Harper family to Mexico, Coleman thinks that finally his prayers have been answered. What Coleman cannot know is the tangled truth of June's tribulations under Mr. Harper out in the Mexican frontier. And soon, when disaster strikes Coleman's journey, he is forced on the run with Mr. Harper's daughter, Florence. Together, they set out into the Mexican desert to find June's last known whereabouts, all the while evading two shady brothers who'll stop at nothing to capture Coleman and Florence and collect the money they're owed. As Coleman and June separately navigate a perilous, parched landscape, the siblings learn quickly that freedom isn't always given - sometimes, it must be taken by force.

As in his Booker-longlisted debut The Sweetness of Water, Nathan Harris delves into the critical years of the Civil War's aftermath to deliver an intimate and epic tale of what freedom means in a society that still longs to return its Black citizens to bondage. Populated with unforgettable characters, Amity is a new Western for our times, and a vital addition to the literature of emancipation.

Praise for THE SWEETNESS OF WATER:

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK, AN OBAMA SUMMER READING SELECTION, SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE, LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

'A fine, lyrical novel, impressive in its complex interweaving of the grand and the intimate' Observer'Insightful... highly accomplished' Sunday Times

'An epic story of love and grief' Daily Mail

'Better than any debut novel has a right to be' Richard Russo

Reviews

Nathan Harris proves once again that he is one of the greatest literary minds of our generation. The appropriately titled Amity is a mightily engrossing tale, filled with magnificently realized and unforgettable characters in a world that is so thoroughly imagined. Harris employs such careful, balanced storytelling, crafting a novel that is at once harrowing and gentle, dangerous but romantic. Readers will find that for every sorrow there is a joy and for every fool there is a lesson. And it is all woven together with such impeccable prose. Amity is a deeply adventurous and astonishingly beautiful book -- Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets, a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction
To call Nathan Harris's Amity a standout novel doesn't do it enough justice. The writing is flawless, the characters unforgettable and, most importantly, the story the world Harris builds never lets us go. A brilliantly executed book -- Jason Mott, author of Hell of a Book
I fell into this stunning novel as into another world, with the shock of encountering something truly original. An epic tale of a budding genius pulled through the borderlands, AMITY is harrowing, often beautiful, and deeply moving -- Andrea Barrett, author of Ship Fever and Natural History

Author Bio

Nathan Harris is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sweetness of Water, which was an Oprah's Book Club pick and was longlisted for the Book Prize, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. He holds an MFA from the Michener Center at the University of Texas, and lives in Chicago.

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