I noticed this in "Great Reads" up in Adult and Teen Services at the library yesterday. That means there is probably also a book bag for book clubs to check out. Plus, there is a copy in the New Fiction (new defined as published in the last 6 months or less) in the lobby. I see that about half the libraries in the consortium have bought copies, so the librarians seem to think it will be popular. I put it on my list!
Already excerpted in the New Yorker, Black Cloud Rising is a compelling and important historical novel that takes us back to an extraordinary moment when enslaved men and women were shedding their bonds and embracing freedom