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Orphans of the Living

By Kathy Watson

Orphans of the Living Historical Fiction

Orphans of the Living

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A debut historical fiction for fans of Kristin Hannah and John Steinbeck, Orphans of the Living follows the Stovall family's early 20th-century quest for home and redemption as they confront racism, poverty, and inequality across the American South and West. In the shadow of the Great Depression and Jim Crow south of the 1930s, an impoverished white family escapes--with the help of Black sharecroppers--from a vengeful Mississippi plantation overseer intent on lynching them. Arriving in California to start a new life, Barney and Lula Stovall are haunted by the past, the children they've left behind, and the daughter they cannot love or protect. Orphans of the Living follows the peripatetic life of the Stovall family, woven from four parallel stories: Barney and Lula Stovall, and two of their nine children, Glen and Nora Mae. Their California sojourn--from their hardscrabble dairy farm, to the brig at the San Francisco Presidio, to the building of the Golden Gate Bridge--lead them on paths toward each other and forgiveness. But redemption doesn't come to them all.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2025-09-30
Publication Date:
2025-09-30
Publisher:
She Writes Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1647429781
ISBN13:
9781647429782
Weight:
497 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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