![]() Forrester writes with a sure touch, working the historical threads neatly into her story and making Maddie come alive for readers. ![]() ![]() Maddie herself has much to contend with as she tries to care for a wild orphan girl, considers a marriage proposal, and attempts to earn the money that will enable her to head north to Oberlin College. A home of their own secured, the family finds that there are still plenty of white people who are only too ready to make life difficult, if not impossible, for them. Their path crosses that of another small band of former slaves who tell them of a nearby town where an enlightened plantation owner is willing to sell land to Negroes. ![]() Forced to abandon the home they had made in Roanoke when the white owners returned after the Civil War ended, the Henry family is seeking land that they can farm. Forrester picks up the story of Maddie Henry that she began in Sound the Jubilee (Lodestar, 1995). ![]()
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