![]() The Garfields live in "the city" - that's up north, and by the way, every city in Jeffers's novel carries the same moniker. ![]() Ailey's sisters are Lydia, the eldest, and Carol Rose, the middle sister. We meet her as a three-year-old, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Specifically, we travel to Chicasetta, a rural town that once upon a time was a plantation, and before that a Creek village.Īiley Pearl Garfield is at the center of this sweeping saga. It focuses on a fictional African American family in Georgia, beginning before the state was Georgia. Spanning two hundred years, it takes an intimate look at race, feminism, love, and family as told by a line of unforgettable Black women from America's South. Dramatic, beautifully written, and compulsively readable, the novel brims from page to page with grand storytelling and heart. ![]() Du Bois is an immersive journey through American history. ![]()
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