`Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent' Ann Patchett Tender and savage, heart-breaking and hopeful, and deeply human, The Twelve Mile Straight will appeal to fans of American classics by Harper Lee, Toni Morrison and William Faulkner.
`Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent' Ann Patchett Tender and savage, heart-breaking and hopeful, and deeply...
`Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent' Ann Patchett `A superb novel whose roots can be traced to Harper Lee and Carson McCullers` Oprah Magazine
`Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent' Ann Patchett `A superb novel whose roots can be traced to Harper Lee and Carson Mc...
In a house full of secrets, two babies - one light-skinned, the other dark - are born to Elma, a white sharecropper's daughter. Accused of her rape, field hand Genus is lynched and dragged down the Twelve-Mile Straight. Combining the intimacy of a family drama with the grandeur of an American epic, The Twelve-Mile Straight is tender and savage, heart-breaking and hopeful, and deeply human.
In a house full of secrets, two babies - one light-skinned, the other dark - are born to Elma, a white sharecropper's daughter. Accused of her rape, f...
