Cover Image

Under the tulip tree

Show other versions (1)

Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemplo...

Full description

Saved in:
Main Author: Shocklee, Michelle (Author)
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2020.
Subjects:
Depressions > 1929 > Fiction.
Slaves > Fiction.
Women journalists > Fiction.
Religious fiction.
Historical fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Summary:Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. As Frankie recounts her life as a slave, Rena is horrified to learn of all the older woman has endured--especially because Rena's ancestors owned slaves. While Frankie's story challenges Rena's preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?
Physical Description:1 online resource
Format:Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2092 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).
ISBN:9781496446091
Author Notes:

Michelle Shocklee is the author of several historical novels, including All We Thought We Knew , the 2025 Christy Award Book of the Year; Count the Nights by Stars , a Christianity Today Book Awards winner; and Under the Tulip Tree , a Christy and Selah Awards finalist. Married to her college sweetheart, she is the mother of two grown sons and two lovely daughters-in-law. She and her husband live in Tennessee, not far from the historical sites she writes about.


Similar Items