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Shadows In Our Bones

Autor Tamara Merrill
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 sep 2019
Two time periods. Two coasts. Lives intertwined and impacted forever . . . Greed, societal forces, religion, eugenics, and racial prejudice came together in a shameful and shocking way on a small, wooded island off the coast of Maine in the early 1900s. The atrocious events that occurred on Malaga Island continue to echo through the years. Their impact is felt in many ways and by many lives. In 1903, Cora Lane, vacationing with her missionary parents on nearby Horse Island, is introduced to a community on Malaga Island that the press has labeled "degenerate half-breeds." The people of Malaga Island, while poor and mostly uneducated, are no poorer or less educated than other families living along the coast eking out a living by fishing and clamming. They are, however, of mixed race: Scotch-Irish, African-American, American Indian, and Portuguese, a circumstance that promotes scorn, ridicule, and intolerance. Cora is drawn to the children of Malaga and begins to teach them simple reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. She is surprised to find that despite the color of their skin, the children are funny, quick, and able to learn. Even as Cora accepts her responsibilities as a woman of her social standing, she advocates for the rights of all to be educated, respected, and allowed to vote. More than a century later, Georgia O'Brien, a college professor, is still questioning the beliefs and customs of today that result in racial prejudice. As her mother fights for her life against cancer, Georgia and her family are challenged by secrets that upset their views concerning who they are and what they believe. The past is never truly forgotten. Shadows In Our Bones is based on real events and actual persons. The story traces the tragic events that took place in society and on Malaga Island in the early 1900s. Events that had, and continue to have, impact and consequences for the descendants of Malaga Island, Maine, and for us all.
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ISBN-13: 9781733855556
ISBN-10: 1733855556
Pagini: 310
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Tamara Merrill

Notă biografică

Tamara Merrill is the author of the Amazon bestselling books, Shadows In Our Bones and The Augustus Family Trilogy. Her work has been published in fourteen anthologies, numerous magazines, and online publications. She fell in love with books at a very early age-all books, any genre. She reads incessantly and perhaps, as Louise May Alcott said, "She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." While reading may keep her from writing every day, it is also why she writes. Read-ing the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace caused her to pro-claim herself an author and resulted in her first published work, in the American Girl magazine, when she was nine years old.Tamara enjoys writing in many genres, including short stories, lit-erary fiction, historical fiction, humor, nonfiction technical manuals, and how-to articles. You might expect that she would blog, but she seldom does. Tamara finds writing inspiration anywhere and everywhere. The book you hold in your hand grew out of her interest in crows and their significance in mythology and folklore. The crow is a highly intelli-gent bird capable of social interaction. Perhaps it's true that Never-more told Tamara this story.Tamara currently resides in Coronado, California and Wickenburg, Arizona. She is available to speak at book clubs, writers and readers events,` and teaches writing skills in the adult education system.Learn more about Tamara at: www.tamaramerrill.com. Follow her on Facebook, TamaraMerrillAuthor or Instagram @tmerrillauthor