03076cam a2200445 i 4500 1445393443 TxAuBib 20240719120000.0 240626s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024933590 9798891641907 hardback : alkaline paper $40.95 (OCoLC)1434246548 TxAuBib rda Cheeks, Maura, author. Acts of forgiveness : a novel / Maura Cheeks. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2024. ©2024. 365 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Regular print version previously published by Ballantine Books. Includes author's note with background information. Includes bibliographical references. "Every American waits with bated breath to see whether or not the country's first female president will pass the Forgiveness Act. The bill would allow Black families to claim up to $175,000 if they can prove they are the descendants of slaves, and for ambitious single mother Willie Revel the bill could be a long-awaited form of redemption. A decade ago, Willie gave up her burgeoning journalism career to help run her father's struggling construction company in Philadelphia and she has reluctantly put family first, without being able to forget who she might have become. Now she's back living with her parents and her young daughter while trying to keep her family from going into bankruptcy. Could the Forgiveness Act uncover her forgotten roots while also helping save their beloved home and her father's life's work? In order to qualify, she must first prove that the Revels are descended from slaves, but the rest of the family isn't as eager to dig up the past. Her mother is adopted, her father doesn't trust the government and believes working with a morally corrupt employer is the better way to save their business, and her daughter is just trying to make it through the fifth grade at her elite private school without attracting unwanted attention. It's up to Willie to verify their ancestry and save her family--but as she delves into their history, Willie begins to learn just how complicated family and forgiveness can be."-- Provided by publisher. 20240719. African American families Fiction. African Americans Reparations Fiction. African Americans Genealogy Fiction. Reparations for historical injustices Fiction. Intergenerational relations Fiction. Family-owned business enterprises Fiction. Large type books. Social problem fiction. Domestic fiction. fast Psychological fiction. fast Large print books. lcgft TXBRI