Jam on the Vine A Novel
Jam on the Vine A Novel
- ISBN 13:
9780802124678
- ISBN 10:
0802124674
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 02/09/2016
- Publisher: Grove Press
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Summary
A captivating saga...The verdict: unforgettable’; gripping’; instant classic.’”Elle
As addictive as your mom’s fresh-baked buttermilk biscuits, and just as delicious.”Essence
A vivid depiction of the black experience during one of the ugliest periods in American race relations.”Knoxville News Sentinel
A dynamic and compulsive debut, Jam on the Vine chronicles the life of trailblazing African American woman journalist, Ivoe Williams, through the start of the twentieth century. In unflinching prose, we follow Ivoe and her family from the Deep South to the Midwest. Jam on the Vine is both an epic vision of the injustices that defined an era and a compelling story of a complicated history we only thought we knew.
Ivoe is a splendid character, mouthy, determined, crusading and irrepressibly cheerful.” Wall Street Journal
A major work of fiction that entertains and edifies us, while it rescues a little-known story from the back pages of history.”Dallas Morning News
[A] big, bold bildungsroman of a debut.”The Guardian.com
If a historical fiction author’s purpose is to give a reader a better understanding and empathy for the people of the time and place, then Barnett hit the mark.”The Missourian