Enslavement, murder, abuse, illness: there’s real trouble for the characters in Trouble Down South and Other Stories. The short stories take the reader on a journey to the past through a collection of interestingly crafted pieces of flawed humanness, social injustice, and redemption, and even humor.
The short story collection of historical fiction chronicles events spanning more than 150 years and addresses a wide range of experiences from ...
Enslavement, murder, abuse, illness: there’s real trouble for the characters in Trouble Down South and Other Stories. The short stories take the reader on a journey to the past through a collection of interestingly crafted pieces of flawed humanness, social injustice, and redemption, and even humor.
The short story collection of historical fiction chronicles events spanning more than 150 years and addresses a wide range of experiences from African-American perspectives. The stories are set in the South amid a changing landscape in which the characters are forced to wrestle with the social issues surrounding Native Americans, slavery, racism, Prohibition, World War I, the Korean War, Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, health, religion, mental illness, and education.
Wow! Amazing! Simply amazing! But of course I knew it would be ever since I laid my eyes on it during a GoodReads FirstReads giveaway! Unfortunately, I didn't win the giveaway much to my displeasure. However, Katrina Parker Williams, author of Trouble Down South and Other Stories, was kind enough to give me an eBook copy of her book and I appreciate it so very much! And, after reading this book, I am SO glad she did! This book is so emotional, so detailed, so well researched that it simply...
Katrina Parker Williams teaches English composition and grammar at a community college. She is a Barton College graduate with a B.S. in Communications and a Masters of Education in English from East Carolina University. She is also the author of a fictional novel titled Liquor House Music. Williams classifies herself as storyteller of tales. Her works have appeared in Charlotte Viewpoint, Muscadine Lines, Usadeepsouth, and the Wilson Literary Review. Her writings have recently been published at The Saints’ Placenta, All Things Girl, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Pens on Fire, and Muscadine Lines. A short story was recently published in the Patchwork Path anthology.
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The short story collection of historical fiction chronicles events spanning more than 150 years and addresses a wide range of experiences from ...