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The Wake of the Wind
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ISBN10: 0385487053
ISBN13: 9780385487054
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: Dec 28 1999
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780385487054
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: Dec 28 1999
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
A dramatic and thought-provoking novel of one family's triumph in the face of the hardships and challenges of the post-Civil War South, from the award-winning author of Family
Rendered with compassion and beautiful simplicity.--The Washington Post Book World
Rendered with compassion and beautiful simplicity.--The Washington Post Book World
[A] provocative and at times painful family portrait . . . It should be required reading.--Detroit Free Press Opening in Texas during the waning years of the Civil War, The Wake of the Wind tells the epic story of a remarkable heroine, Lifee, and her husband, Mor. When news of Emancipation finally comes to Texas, Mor, Lifee, and their family set out in search of hope and a piece of land they can work and call their own. Miraculously, they manage not only to survive but to succeed--their crops grow, their children thrive, they educate themselves and others. But the South during Reconstruction is not a place that takes kindly to the achievements of former slaves, and as lynchings and injustices become a plague across the region, time and time again they must make the anguished decision to leave their land in search of a safer place. Land, however, is the least of their worldly possessions. Lifee and Mor are the descendants of a long and vital line. Having used their intelligence, strength, and ingenuity to make their place in the new post-Civil War world, they in turn pass those talents along to their children--the next generation to surge forward, accomplishing more than their parents could ever dream. At once tragic and triumphant, The Wake of the Wind is a penetrating look at the challenges that generations of African Americans have had to overcome in order to carve out a home and a future for themselves and their families.
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