Description: This saga of four generations of strong African-American women begins in 1834 on a Louisiana plantation and ends a hundred years later. The author was a successful executive who quit her job to research the history of her own family--whi...
Synopsis This saga of four generations of strong African-American women begins in 1834 on a Louisiana plantation and ends a hundred years later. The author was a successful executive who quit her job to research the history of her own family--which she has incorporated into this stirring tale.
Details
Publication Date:
2001-04-01
Edition Description:
Illustrated
Size
Length:
432 pages
Height:
9.3 in
Width:
6.5 in
Thickness:
1.5 in
Weight:
23.2 oz
Publisher's Note Through exhaustive research, interviews, and the help of professional geneologists, successful corporate vice president Latilda Tademy takes readers on a fictional journey through her family's history, creating a vivid account of what life was like for the four remarkable African-American women before her.
Industry Reviews "An accomplished first novel....Tademy's people are distinctive personalities, enough so to compensate for the slackening of narrative energy as the story moves into the 1930s. The result is a richly textured family saga that resonates with intelligence and empathy." Kirkus Reviews (02/15/2001)