Weaving together the lives of blacks and whites, racists and civil rights advocates, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression, Sena Jeter Naslund creates a tapestry of American social transformation at once intimate and epic.
In Birmingham, Alabama, twenty-year-old Stella Silver, an idealistic white college student, is sent reeling off her measured path by events of 1963. Combining political activism with single parenting and night-school teaching, African American Christine Taylor discovers she must heal her own bruised heart to actualize meaningful social change. Inspired by the courage and commitment of the civil rights movement, the child Edmund Powers embodies hope for future change. In this novel of maturation and growth, Naslund makes vital the intersection of spiritual, political, and moral forces that have redefined America.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 05/19/2009
ISBN: 9780060936693
Pages: 524
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.40d
Review Citations: New York Times 11/07/2004 pg. 30
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 78112 / Four Spirits
Reading Level: 5.3 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 26