تدور أحداث القصة في لويزيانا يوم أن كانت مستعمرة فرنسية يقوم فيها البيض باستعباد السود. دزيري فتاة لقيطة تتزوج من رجل أبيض ذو وجاهة وحضوة فتنجب فتى أسود. هل كان أحد والدي دزيري أسوداً أم العكس صحيح. تثير هذه القصة العنصرية والتعذيب الذي تعرض له السود في ذلك الزمن الأسود. I had to re-read this VER...
I forgot just how sad this story is. Gahh, lies and deception ruined the lives of those who were in the dark about the truth. It's funny how the truth about lies makes all the truth you thought you knew seem like lies too. One lie, one secret, one deception...can cause a lifetime of pain, sufferi...
“It may all sound very petty to complain about, but I tell you that sort of thing settles down on one like a fine dust.”-Warner, Lolly WillowesThis book is an early distillation of a particular kind of novel that was being written periodically throughout the early twentieth century. These novels ...