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Reviewed on February 18, 2016 | African American Fiction (And More)
Bledsoe, MS, is a place somewhat lost in time; where "an outhouse is a staple and not a shame." It's in this rural setting that Buckhanon (Upstate; Conception) pulls back the curtain on the plight of impoverished African American families. When 13-year-old Solemn Redvine witnesses a man throw a baby down a community well, she senses that the infant's mother, a married woman who lives in their trailer park, is connected to the Redvine family, bu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More