White Lilacs
by Carolyn Meyer
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Author: Carolyn MeyerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-01
ISBN: 0152058516
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Sandpiper
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- ISBN13: 9780152058517
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Book Review: A Wonderful Story
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed this book very much. It is set in 1921, in Dillon, Texas. In the midst of the city of supremacist whites, there is an all black neighborhood called Freedomtown. The majority of the residents of Freedomtown make their livings by working for the white residents in one way or another. Life goes on peacefully enough until Rose Lee Jefferson, a young girl who resides in Freedomtown with her family, discovers that the whites are planning to raze the neighborhood to build themselves a park.
This story chronicles the struggle between the oppressed residents of Freedomtown and the racially prejudiced whites determined to have their way. Obviously I won't reveal the outcome, but I'll say that the characters are developed so that they are quite endearing, especially Rose Lee's jovial Grandfather Jim, obstinate Grandmother Lila, and schoolgirlish Catherine Jane Bell. This book shows very well the frustrations of the segregated South in the early twentieth century, and one can relate to the helpless feeling that the Jim Crow laws created amongst the Black community. A definite must-read.
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