In Search of The Promise Land

The debut novel of Anthony Wright centers on a generational slave family from the antebellum south to post-civil war. Each generation is in search of their own personal freedom while facing the horrors of slavery and discrimination. Eve, part of the first generation, is distraught in a sense at the thought of her family being split up after her brother threatens to flee their plantation. Simey, Eve's daughter, is torn with finding her place in the world and building a family in the midst of...