Molly's Rocker — Susan M. Hoskins

                                                                                                 Molly's Rocker

Molly was born the youngest of seven children and the only girl on a tobacco farm in rural Kentucky. Though there's a lot of love in Molly's life, family tragedy follows her from childhood through marriage. Molly is left destitute after the betrayal of her husband's son but she refuses to abandon her dearest friend, Henry Jackson, the son of former slaves. With no land or income, they must survive alone by their wits, enduring the wrath of townspeople who rail against the bond of a white woman with a man of color.

Inspired by the life of her husband's grandmother, author Susan M. Hoskins wrote Molly's Rocker as a book to be enjoyed by grandparents with their grandchildren. As warm as Little Women, Molly's favorite book, Molly's Rocker, also shares crucial lessons about the tragedy of racism, sexism, and other ways society forms inequalities. Hoskins helps even the youngest of readers understand the frightening connection between tobacco and slavery and what transpired in rural America following the Civil War.