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The Promise A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

Damon Galgut

WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life’s unfulfilled poten...

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The speaker mentioned that David Remnick tells the story of when Barack Obama was inaugurated and signed a program which he gave to John Lewis in his book.

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and he said because of you John David Remnick tells that story in his book The Promise but I just think people don't really think a lot about what was behind the voting rights act and how much it mean...

— Episode: The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights A...

Episode: The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act

The speaker mentioned that David Remnick tells the story of when Barack Obama was inaugurated and signed a program which he gave to John Lewis in his book.

"

and he said because of you John David Remnick tells that story in his book The Promise but I just think people don't really think a lot about what was behind the voting rights act and how much it meant for so many people...

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