Orphans of the Living
eBook - ePub

Orphans of the Living

A Novel

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Orphans of the Living

A Novel

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
eBook ISBN
9781647429799
Year
2025

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Chapter 1. Lula
  7. Chapter 2. Barney
  8. Chapter 3. Barney
  9. Chapter 4. Barney
  10. Chapter 5. Barney
  11. Chapter 6. Maudie Marie
  12. Chapter 7. Lula
  13. Chapter 8. Lula
  14. Chapter 9. Lula
  15. Chapter 10. Glen
  16. Chapter 11. Barney
  17. Chapter 12. Nora Mae
  18. Chapter 13. Barney
  19. Chapter 14. Glen
  20. Chapter 15. Glen
  21. Chapter 16. Barney, Lula, And Nora Mae
  22. Chapter 17. Glen
  23. Chapter 18. Nora Mae
  24. Chapter 19. Barney And Lula
  25. Chapter 20. Glen
  26. Chapter 21. Glen
  27. Chapter 22. Nora Mae
  28. Chapter 23. Glen
  29. Chapter 24. Nora Mae, Barney, And Lula
  30. Chapter 25. Barney, Lula, Nora Mae, And Glen
  31. Chapter 26. Glen And Barney
  32. Chapter 27. Nora Mae
  33. Chapter 28. Barney, Lula, And Nora Mae
  34. Chapter 29. Barney, Lula, And Nora Mae
  35. Chapter 30. Nora
  36. Chapter 31. Glen And Kathy
  37. References
  38. Acknowledgments
  39. About the Author
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