[bksvol-discuss] Cotton Song
- From: Jamie Yates <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bookshare Volunteers <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:24:08 -0800 (PST)
I just submitted Cotton Song by Tom Bailey, which I
finished reading last week, and which I thought was a
great book.
Here is the description from the book jacket:
In World War II-era Mississippi, the aftermath of a
tragedy takes on all the intensity and heat of the
Delta summer when the town of Ruleton copes with
violence, racism, and a vengeful spree that threatens
the life of a young girl and the soul of the small
town.
In Hushpuckashaw County in the 1940s, many things are
desperately unfair. Letitia Johnson, a young black
mother and the nanny for one of the town's most
distinguished couples, knows this only too well when
the couple's baby is found drowned in its bath.
Accused by the grieving family and the enraged
townspeople, Letitia quickly sends her twelve-year-old
daughter, Sally, out to hide in the brush before she
is taken into custody. The angry mob would get revenge
when they drag Letitia from her jail cell and hang her
that very night. But they wouldn't get Sally.
Baby Allen, a courageous social worker, is assigned to
Sally's case, and gradually coaxes the young girl out
of hiding, wins her trust, and secures her protection.
But once Sally is safe, Baby is left with the greater
mission of uncovering the truth about who is
responsible for the infant's death?a shocking
revelation that will change the ways and attitudes of
a town that has been long in need of changing.
Beautiful and gripping, Cotton Song is the story of a
woman's fight to save the child left behind after the
horrific lynching that took her mother's life.
Jamie in Michigan
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