Carol Goodman has written a captivating novel about the life of
two young girls in 1933, the height of the Depression, weaving in
the stories of the families, a local murder, and the racial
tensions that erupt in their community. Ms. Goodman puts the reader
in the midst of this turmoil with subtlety and uncanny perception.
Th is novel is a literary delicacy not to be missed. -Meg Peterson,
author of Madam, Have You Ever Been Happy
J. Carol Goodman, the well-known short story writer, has turned
her considerable talents to the novel. She has written a riveting
tale of young friendship and coming of age amidst a swirl of dark
events set in a small New Jersey town during the Great Depression.
It is a story of mystery, laugh-out-loud humor, deep humanity, and
considerable charm. You will fall in love with Theodora. -Jan
Slepian, author of award-winning The Alfred Summer and
Astonishment: Life in the Slow Lane.
Daring, dangerous and sometimes hilarious adventures, Theodora
Davis, a minister's daughter, in the height of the Depression and
her best friend, Glorybe, are determined to make money to put food
on the table. Her father is ill and might lose his job or even die.
Theodora has her first serious crush on him as she comes of
age.
The story occurs in the backdrop of racial tensions, which
affects Theodore's Colored friend, Jeremiah Johnson, who worked in
the yard of the murdered man. Was he the murderer?
Tension also rises between Theodore's mother and father. Her
mother is bombshell of an activist, unheard of in those days, to
give "Colored" people equal rights. Her father believes the only
way to bring about change is to change peoples' hearts through the
spirit of God.
He is frightened that her mother's actions are endangering the
very people she so fervently wants to help. Th is conflict is
resolved through a startling act at the end by Theodora's father,
an act that is against his moral precepts and against the law.
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