"The Geechee Lady," subtitled, "Grandma and the Secret Castas," is an adaptation from the poem, "Miss Willamina," written by the same author. Although written especially for "young readers," ages 10 - 17+, this is a book which can be enjoyed by any age-group. The true story, written in rhythmic pattern, tells of how a wizened older woman, born in 1885 on one of the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina, relates to a much younger female in the 1950s/1960s' setting of Harlem, New York. Divisive tactics, taught in previous generations to the black slaves by their white "masters," somehow...