The novel traces the life of African-American Brewster McAtee, a hardworking and innovative carpenter, as he struggles for his dreams to own land and build a home and respectability in rural Alabama. When the Civil Rights Movement explodes, he is dra...
Oliver’s Song: Della Boudreaux, a recovering alcoholic, estranged from her family, pulls herself up from ruin and onto the road of redemption. After earning a law degree from Tulane, she returns to Mobile, Alabama and establishes her new office at ...