A Kind of Freedom

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Call Number: Fiction / Sexton, Margaret
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves. In 1982, Evelyn's daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband's drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life. Jackie's son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didn't survive the storm. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges, T.C. decides to start over--until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. A Kind of Freedom is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history."-- Dust jacket.

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3.5/5 stars submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 12, 2023, 9:37pm Ohhhhh… no wonder this reminded me of _The Revisioners_... it’s written by the same author! Both are stories of generations, told in alternating sections that travel across time. Again I found this hard to track for the first third to half of the book, though the stories eventually straightened themselves out in my head. I like that Sexton really takes on both telling a compelling story and painting a clear picture of the racism that individuals dealt with across different decades of US history. I think that was the best part of this novel.