Jam on the Vine: A Novel

In this "captivating saga" of the post-Reconstruction era, a black female journalist blazes her own trail—"unforgettable; gripping; an instant classic" (Elle).

Ivoe Williams, the precocious daughter of a Muslim cook and a metalsmith from central-east Texas, discovers a lifelong obsession with journalism when she steals a newspaper from her mother's white employer. Living in the segregated quarter of Little Tunis, Ivoe immerses herself in the printed word until she earns a scholarship to ...