Ibrahim Laila - Golden Poppies A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: From the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus and Mustard Seed comes the empowering novel of two generations of American women connected by the past and fighting for a brighter future. It's 1894. Jordan Wallace and Sadie Wagner appear to have little in common. Jordan a middle - aged black teacher lives in segregated Chicago. Two thousand miles away Sadie the white wife of an ambitious German businessman lives in more tolerant Oakland California. But years ago their families intertwined on a plantation in Virginia. There Jordan's and Sadie's mothers developed a bond stronger than blood despite the fact that one was enslaved and the other was the privileged daughter of the plantation's owner. With Jordan's mother on her deathbed Sadie leaves her disapproving husband to make the arduous train journey with her mother to Chicago. But the reunion between two families is soon fraught with personal and political challenges. As the harsh realities of racial divides and the injustices of the Gilded Age conspire to hold them back the women find they need each other more than ever. Their courage their loyalty and the ties that bind their families will be tested. Amid the tumult of a quickly changing nation their destiny depends on what they re willing to risk for liberation.
Title: Golden Poppies A Novel
Author(s): Ibrahim Laila
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Barcode: 9781542006446
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/2020
Series: Yellow Crocus
Category: Historical Fiction