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Overview

Even though former slaves Annie Coats and her son Gabriel have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice—to the extent that Annie secretly recalls her days on the plantation with fondness. Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses are seeking to build their new lives—with Gabriel, a tailor, producing uniforms for soldiers and fine suits for pompous politicians, and Annie, a seamstress and laundress, catering to the nearby brothels and stately homes—is supposed to be a safe haven, a "promised land" for former slaves, but is effectively a frontier town, gritty and dangerous, with no laws protecting black people. In fact, the city's own emancipation efforts in 1862 serve only to compromise the Coats family's status, putting Gabriel's three young daughters (each of them born free of free parents) at risk of becoming the property of the Coatses' former master. The remarkable emotional energy with which the Coatses rise their daily battles—as they negotiate with their former owner, as they assist other former slaves en route to freedom, as they prepare for the encroaching war, and as they struggle to love each other enough—is what fuels this novel and makes its tragic denoument so devastating.

Editorial Reviews

Ebony
"Clarke again delivers a gripping story and seemingly effortlessly captures the bond between a mother and son and the price of freedom."
Felicia Pride
"A gripping novel about a family's heart-wrenching journey out of slavery."
— Baltimore Sun
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Krista Walton
"Almost a decade later, Stand the Storm is a fulfilling follow-up, written with the same restraint and sensitivity that made her earlier novel such a hit."
— Washington City Paper
Mika Ono Benedyk
"Fans of River, Cross My Heart will instantly recognize the author's poetic sentences and the powerful emotional scenes that leave us breathless."
— Essence
Robin Vidimos
"... 'Stand the Storm' is a powerful story quietly told."
— The Denver Post
TIME
"Calling all book clubs! Clarke, whose debut novel, River, Cross My Heart, was a 1999 Oprah pick, scores again with this Civil War-era saga, set in Washington. She tells the deeply affecting story of a family of freed slaves in an evocative, historically rich book that brings the turbulent period alive. The author neither averts her eye from, nor sugarcoats the truth about, the uphill struggle for dignity in this gritty town. A-"
Gail Buckley
I loved this book. I loved these people: The Coats family of Stand the Storm are quasi-free Negroes living in Georgetown just before, during and after the Civil War. Breena Clarke has written another stirring work of historical fiction that weaves the passionate, dramatic and uplifting story of the African American aspiration for true freedom into the great American tapestry.
—The Washington Post
Publishers Weekly

Clarke returns with a bittersweet slavery-era saga, partially set-like her smash 1999 Oprah-pick, River, Cross My Heart-in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown. On Ridley Plantation in rural Maryland, Gabriel Coats picks up his mother Annie's seamstress skills with remarkable ease, but is sold at age 10 to established Georgetown tailor Abraham Pearl. For eight years, Gabriel works hard and keeps an eye on freedom for his family as the Washington abolitionist movement gains momentum. Master Ridley's nephew Aaron begins overseeing the tailoring shop, and Gabriel and Annie busily create sartorial masterpieces as war steadily approaches. By the time freedom becomes a reality, only a few of the Coatses emerge with their pride and abilities intact. Clarke gets the details-emotional, political, domestic, religious-right across the board and crafts complex and appealing characters. Her knowledge of the period and the novel's dense, deliberate narrative create a poignant story about the intricacies of human bondage and its dissolution, built around a family's unshakable faith in one another. (July)

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After her Oprah-pick debut (River, Cross My Heart, 1999), an African-American novelist delivers a compassionate portrait of the terrors and hopes of slaves. With its slightly clipped period language, coolly measured tone and rich supply of telling detail, Clarke's second novel delves into a compelling social panorama of black servitude in Washington, D.C., as the Civil War begins. The book's heart is the Coats family-Sewing Annie and her equally dexterous children, Gabriel and Ellen-initially bondspersons, then freed, around whom forms a circle of other black characters, some escaped, some raped and beaten, some passing as white. Their individual experiences include variously vicious, pragmatic or, very occasionally, kind owners, while beyond them the vast apparatus of slavery pulls in catchers, traders, auctioneers and members of the underground freedom network. Although the Coats family works hard at tailoring, sewing and knitting, trying to amass enough money to flee north to Canada-the opposite of being "sold south," the worst possible fate that could befall a slave-they also offer assistance to victims of savage abuse like Mary, who eventually becomes Gabriel's wife. The war further threatens the group, as owners attempt to reclaim freed slaves while "contrabands" (slaves following Union soldiers) flood the city which, now more than ever, is a heaving mass of soldiers, rats, disease, disorder and opportunism. The story winds through the war (with Gabriel fighting alongside the colored troops) to reach a sober conclusion that nevertheless heralds change. Clarke's sensitivity and her lyrical, earthy narration bring a freshness to the somber subject matter. Agent: CynthiaCannell/Cynthia Cannell Literary Agency

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316007054
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
  • Publication date: 6/24/2009
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 713,596
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Breena Clarke grew up in Washington, DC, and was educated at Webster College and Howard University. Her one previous novel, RIVER, CROSS MY HEART, was a selection of Oprah's Book Club and became an international bestseller.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 16, 2012

    great read

    great look at an old story

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  • Posted September 16, 2009

    A new window into an old story

    This is the story of Sewing Annie who is put under the tutelage of Knitting Annie to learn her skills on the Ridley Plantation. When Knitting Annie dies, Sewing Annie takes up the the black smith by whom she has a boy, Gabriel, and a girl, Ellen. By teaching them her skills, she hopes to save her children from the fields. At 10, Gabriel is sent to Washington DC to apprentice to a tailor. The tailor moves on after selling the shop to the Master. The Master's nephew is put in charge of the store with Gabriel, Sewing Annie, and Ellen running the business.

    This is the story of the strength and love of family from before and through the Civil War and after. It is heartwarming and gut wrenching and well worth the read.

    The rhythm of the language threw me for a bit from time to time but did not stop me wanting to find out what would happen to this family.

    I could feel most of the characters and understand their motivations and enjoyed their growth. The novel is portal into time period well known but from a different vantage. It is so well worth the read.

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  • Posted August 24, 2009

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    Freedom???,

    STAND THE STORM by Breena Clarke tells the story of slaves Annie, aka Sewing Annie, and her son Gabriel Coats. Gabriel was groomed by his mother to help sew, weave, knit and dye cloth. Gabriel exhibited a genuine aptitude for needlework. Master Ridley, of the Ridley Plantation, decided to hire ten-year-old Gabriel out to the local tailor. Eventually Master Ridley devises a business plan to open up his own business in tailoring. Any extra business that Gabriel would get on his own would be for his own profit. Profits he intended on buying his and his family's freedom.

    Gabriel does earn their freedom, making uniforms for soldiers. Gabriel falls in love with a runaway slave, Mary. They eventually get married and have children of their own. Unbeknownst to Gabriel and Mary, just because they are free does not necessarily mean that their children will be.

    STAND THE STORM is the story about the individual struggles of the "free" slaves during the time of the Civil War. I found this story to be difficult to read because it moved so slowly. Briefly, early on, the story seemed to pick up...only to slack right back off again. It was hard to get attached to the characters. I usually enjoy historical fiction but this story was just adequate.

    Reviewed by: LeonaR
    2.5 stars

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 9, 2008

    Riveting¿

    reena Clarke brings to life the fictional story of Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel. Annie taught her son how to sew to keep him from the harsh work in the fields. Stand the Storm tells their struggle to purchase their freedom. Can a former slave ever truly be free? This strong, faithful family faces the fear of re-enslavement repeatedly. Clarke weaves threads of history, romance, and drama together to skillfully form a tapestry on which the reader will view the Civil War and slavery in a way they have never before experienced. Stand the Storm will stay with you long after you read the last word. Stand the Storm is a powerful story this is a must-read book.

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