Apron Strings (ePub)
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
At seven years old, Sallee Mackey is wary of the grownups that populate her 1950s Southern worldespecially her mother, Ginnyand with good reason.
Ginny is flat-out dangerous, particularly if she is crossed while in one of her moods. While Sallee learns...
Ginny is flat-out dangerous, particularly if she is crossed while in one of her moods. While Sallee learns...
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At seven years old, Sallee Mackey is wary of the grownups that populate her 1950s Southern worldespecially her mother, Ginnyand with good reason.
Ginny is flat-out dangerous, particularly if she is crossed while in one of her moods. While Sallee learns early on to rely on furtiveness and a watchful eye in an attempt to live in harmony with her family, the familys long-time black maid becomes her one saving grace. But even Ethel has secrets. Ethel and Ginnys relationship goes back to girlhood. While Ginny has conveniently forgotten that fact, Sallee hasnt. As she questions Ethel about the mysteries of their shared history, their bigoted next-door neighbor knows that he too, shares that same past. As marital and neighborhood tensions rise, Sallee discovers growing schisms inside her home that lead to conflicted loyalties that threaten to destroy not only Ethel, but also the children she loves.
Apron Strings shares the compelling story of a well-to-do white girl and her familys black maid as they unite to overcome the hatred and segregation embedded in their 1950s southern culture, and prove that love sees no color.
Ginny is flat-out dangerous, particularly if she is crossed while in one of her moods. While Sallee learns early on to rely on furtiveness and a watchful eye in an attempt to live in harmony with her family, the familys long-time black maid becomes her one saving grace. But even Ethel has secrets. Ethel and Ginnys relationship goes back to girlhood. While Ginny has conveniently forgotten that fact, Sallee hasnt. As she questions Ethel about the mysteries of their shared history, their bigoted next-door neighbor knows that he too, shares that same past. As marital and neighborhood tensions rise, Sallee discovers growing schisms inside her home that lead to conflicted loyalties that threaten to destroy not only Ethel, but also the children she loves.
Apron Strings shares the compelling story of a well-to-do white girl and her familys black maid as they unite to overcome the hatred and segregation embedded in their 1950s southern culture, and prove that love sees no color.
Autoren-Porträt von Mary Morony
Mary Morony writes about tragedy from the inside out while guiding her readers to realize compassion, humor, and recovery. She brings Southern charm, irreverence, and wit to subjects as vast as racism and as personal as alcoholism. Mary lives with her husband, two Great Danes, and guinea fowl on a farm in Orange County, Virginia. To read more about her, visit http://www.marymorony.com/.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mary Morony
- 2017, 270 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Archway Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1480849340
- ISBN-13: 9781480849341
- Erscheinungsdatum: 29.11.2017
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