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Liz Here Now
Paperback
Publisher Price: $19.95
ISBN13: 9780997859300
Publisher: Journey Media Productions
Published: Oct 10 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Liz Here Now is a searing true-story drama set in 1960s Oakland, California, at the crossroads of family trauma and America's racial awakening.
To the outside world, the Connors are a picture of success: a prominent doctor, his elegant wife, their children, and an exclusive hillside home that symbolizes the American dream. But behind that façade lies a nightmare. Young Todd and his sister suffer brutal abuse from their mentally unstable mother while their father looks away, more invested in appearances than protection.
The only witness - and the only shield the children have - is Liz, the family's Black housekeeper and nanny. When the violence escalates and the institutions of law and justice fail her, Liz is forced into a choice no one should ever face: stay silent and complicit, or risk everything to protect the children in a world where her voice carries no weight against white privilege.
Her decision collides with the rising force of the Black Panther Party and the volatile racial tensions of the era, leading to her own persecution at the hands of the police. As the story hurtles toward its climax, Liz must grapple with an agonizing moral question: does she extend mercy to the woman who inflicted so much harm, or allow fate to deliver its own form of justice?
Based on a true story, Liz Here Now delivers compelling lessons for today: that we all must become aware of the insidious effects of, and speak out against, abuse in any form. It is both intimate and sweeping - a raw portrait of childhood survival, racial injustice, and the extraordinary courage it takes to stand up against complicit silence.
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