Dallas Public Library

The revisioners, a novel, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Label
The revisioners, a novel, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The revisioners
Music parts
not applicable
Oclc number
1137549628
Responsibility statement
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Sub title
a novel
Summary
"In 1924, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephine's family. Nearly one hundred years later, Josephine's descendant, Ava, is a single mother who has just lost her job. She moves in with her white grandmother Martha, a wealthy but lonely woman who pays Ava to be her companion. But Martha's behavior soon becomes erratic, then threatening, and Ava must escape before her story and Josephine's converge"--Container
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Classification
Mapped to