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Overwhelming challenges, the demands of family and the startling desires of her own heart
An African American woman and single mother struggling to build a new life amid the complexities of the contemporary South.
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Author: Natalie Baszile
About The Book:
When Charley unexpectedly inherits eight hundred acres of sugarcane land, she and her eleven-year-old daughter say goodbye to smoggy Los Angeles and head to Louisiana.
She soon learns, however, that cane farming is always going to be a white man’s business.
As the sweltering summer unfolds, Charley struggles to balance the overwhelming challenges of a farm in decline with the demands of family and the startling desires of her own heart.