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ljrinaldi's review
4.0
The best fiction is based on fact, and the best historical fiction is based on personal family history. That is the case with this book, which is based on the family history of the authors grandfather. The crux of the story is that her grandfather had to escape from the KKK, shortly after the Civil War, and ended up on a white man's farm, who took him in and raised him to adulthood.
From there, we get the story that because he had to run away, and never found out what happened to his parents when their house was burned by the night raid of the Klan, he had no idea when his birthday was, but he knew that Free Day, when the Civil War ended, was important, and had chosen that day for his day.
The rest of the story, is in the back of the book, where we learn the the dependents still know the story, and have, since, kept in touch, off and on.
Good take on that time in American history.
Thanks to Edelweiss for making this book available for an honest review.
From there, we get the story that because he had to run away, and never found out what happened to his parents when their house was burned by the night raid of the Klan, he had no idea when his birthday was, but he knew that Free Day, when the Civil War ended, was important, and had chosen that day for his day.
The rest of the story, is in the back of the book, where we learn the the dependents still know the story, and have, since, kept in touch, off and on.
Good take on that time in American history.
Thanks to Edelweiss for making this book available for an honest review.
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