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The Alchemy of Noise (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781631525599)
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x2023 Indie Author Project Regional Contest Winner in California
2019 Readers' Favorite Awards Gold Medal Winner in Fiction (Literary)
2019 Best Book Awards Finalist in Fiction (Literary)
2019 International Book Awards, Finalist, Fiction (Multicultural)
2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Fiction Finalist in Multicultural
2019 Foreword Indie Finalist in Adult Fiction: Multicultural
2019 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner in Fiction "Infused with beauty, humor, and pain, The Alchemy of Noise is a modern American love story that asks if love can bridge the distance between two Americas."
--Laura Nicole Diamond, author of Shelter Us and Deliver Me In a world so full of lonely people and broken hearts, Chris Hawkins, a black sound engineer from Chicago's south side, and Sidonie Frame--white, suburban-raised, the head manager of one of the city's most elite venues--meet by work-related happenstance and fall quickly in love, convinced that by that act alone they can inspire peace, joy, and happiness in the world around them. The world, however, has other ideas. Their meeting is serendipitous. Chris, who owns and runs his company, largely spends his time surrounded by members of his own community; Sidonie, conversely, is rarely outside the environs of work and its predominantly white staff and clientele. But when the club's sound manager goes AWOL on the night of a big event and Chris is hired to come in as a last-minute replacement, their destinies collide. Immediately drawn to each other, they fall quickly into an unexpected and thrilling relationship, inspiring myriad reactions amongst family and friends on both sides of the racial divide. But even as their love story evolves, day-to-day tensions, police disruptions, and the microaggressions Chris constantly encounters as a black man in the gritty environs of Chicago become a cultural flashpoint, challenging Sidonie's privileged worldview and Chris's ability to translate the unfolding events. After a random and gut-wrenching series of police encounters shakes their resilience, it's the shattering circumstance of a violent arrest--one in which Chris is identified as a serial vandal and potential rapist--that sends their world into free fall. He claims his innocence; she believes him. But the forces pushing against them are many and oppressive. With a looming trial, the dissipating loyalties of key allies, and unforeseen twists triggering doubt and suspicion, Sidonie and Chris are driven to question what they really know of each other and just whom to trust, leading to a powerful and emotional conclusion. Lorraine Devon Wilke's third novel, The Alchemy of Noise, ventures beyond the humor and pathos of family drama explored so cleverly in her first two novels to dig deep into the politics of contemporary culture. At its heart a love story, it explores the complexity of race in a suspenseful drama driven by issues of privilege, prejudice, police profiling and legal entanglements, and the disparities in how those provocative themes impact the various and diverse characters involved.
Author: Lorraine Devon Wilke
ISBN-10: 163152559X
ISBN-13: 9781631525599
Publisher: She Writes Press
Language: English
Published: 04/09/2019
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/25/2019
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Foreword 03/22/2019
2019 Readers' Favorite Awards Gold Medal Winner in Fiction (Literary)
2019 Best Book Awards Finalist in Fiction (Literary)
2019 International Book Awards, Finalist, Fiction (Multicultural)
2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Fiction Finalist in Multicultural
2019 Foreword Indie Finalist in Adult Fiction: Multicultural
2019 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner in Fiction "Infused with beauty, humor, and pain, The Alchemy of Noise is a modern American love story that asks if love can bridge the distance between two Americas."
--Laura Nicole Diamond, author of Shelter Us and Deliver Me In a world so full of lonely people and broken hearts, Chris Hawkins, a black sound engineer from Chicago's south side, and Sidonie Frame--white, suburban-raised, the head manager of one of the city's most elite venues--meet by work-related happenstance and fall quickly in love, convinced that by that act alone they can inspire peace, joy, and happiness in the world around them. The world, however, has other ideas. Their meeting is serendipitous. Chris, who owns and runs his company, largely spends his time surrounded by members of his own community; Sidonie, conversely, is rarely outside the environs of work and its predominantly white staff and clientele. But when the club's sound manager goes AWOL on the night of a big event and Chris is hired to come in as a last-minute replacement, their destinies collide. Immediately drawn to each other, they fall quickly into an unexpected and thrilling relationship, inspiring myriad reactions amongst family and friends on both sides of the racial divide. But even as their love story evolves, day-to-day tensions, police disruptions, and the microaggressions Chris constantly encounters as a black man in the gritty environs of Chicago become a cultural flashpoint, challenging Sidonie's privileged worldview and Chris's ability to translate the unfolding events. After a random and gut-wrenching series of police encounters shakes their resilience, it's the shattering circumstance of a violent arrest--one in which Chris is identified as a serial vandal and potential rapist--that sends their world into free fall. He claims his innocence; she believes him. But the forces pushing against them are many and oppressive. With a looming trial, the dissipating loyalties of key allies, and unforeseen twists triggering doubt and suspicion, Sidonie and Chris are driven to question what they really know of each other and just whom to trust, leading to a powerful and emotional conclusion. Lorraine Devon Wilke's third novel, The Alchemy of Noise, ventures beyond the humor and pathos of family drama explored so cleverly in her first two novels to dig deep into the politics of contemporary culture. At its heart a love story, it explores the complexity of race in a suspenseful drama driven by issues of privilege, prejudice, police profiling and legal entanglements, and the disparities in how those provocative themes impact the various and diverse characters involved.
Author: Lorraine Devon Wilke
ISBN-10: 163152559X
ISBN-13: 9781631525599
Publisher: She Writes Press
Language: English
Published: 04/09/2019
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/25/2019
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Foreword 03/22/2019
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