Grace - Natashia Den
Category: Novel
Narrator: Lisa Rene Pitts
Tags: Novel, Historical Fiction, Adults, Literature
For a runaway slave in the 1840s south, life on the run can be just as dangerous as life under a sadistic Massa. Thats what fifteen-year-old Naomi learns after she escapes a brutal Alabama plantation, leaving behind her beloved Momma and sister Hazel and taking refuge in a Georgia brothel run by a freewheeling, gun-toting Jewish madam named Cynthia. There, amidst a revolving door of gamblers, prostitutes, and drunks, Naomi falls into a star-crossed love affair with a smooth-talking white man named Jeremy who frequents the brothels dice tables all too often., The product of Naomi and Jeremys union is Josey, whose white skin and blonde hair mark her as different from the other slave children on the plantation. Josey soon becomes caught in the tide of history when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reaches the declining estate and a day of supposed freedom quickly turns into a day of unfathomable violence that will define Josey and Naomi for years to come., Deftly weaving together the
