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Title: When Stars Rain Down By: Angela Jackson Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Vendor: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: 2021 | Dimensions: 7.17 X 4.71 (inches) Weight: 10 ounces ISBN: 0785240446 ISBN-13: 9780785240440 Stock No: WW240442 |
18-year-old Opal is a young Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930sand then the Klan descends. A moving story that confronts Americas tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching.
The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing. She hopes this foreboding feeling wont overshadow her upcoming 18th birthday or the annual Founders Day celebration in just a few weeks. She and her Grandma Birdie work as housekeepers for the white widow Miss Peggy, and Opal desperately wants some time to be young and carefree with her cousins and friends.
But when the Ku Klux Klan descends on Opals neighborhood, the tight-knit community is shaken in every way possible. Parsonss residentsboth Black and whiteare forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town. To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic intereststhe son of her pastor, Cedric Perkins, and the white grandson of the woman she works for, Jimmy Earl Ketchums. Both young men awaken emotions Opal has never felt before.
Faced with love, loss, and a harsh awakening to an ugly world, Opal holds tight to her family and faithand the hope for change.
"When Stars Rain Down is so powerful, timely, and compelling that sometimes I found myself holding my breath while reading it. Rarely have I been so attached to characters and felt so transported to a time and place. This is an important and beautifully written must-read of a novel. Opal is a character I will never forget." Silas House, author of Southernmost
"Angela Jackson-Brown interrogates race, love and family with empathy and style, making her an author you will want to read again and again. This tale of Americas tragic past is both compelling and cinematic as the Pruitt and Ketchum families struggle in the mire of racism in the 1930s. Its a moving novel that boldly illuminates the past but also speaks directly to todays politics and the power of faith. You will fall in love with the books resilient protagonist Opal. I certainly did." Crystal Wilkinson, author of The Birds of Opulence
"In this world there are writers and there are artists. Angela Jackson-Brown is both." Sean Dietrich (Sean of the South), author of Stars of Alabama
Angela Jackson-Brown is an award-winning writer, poet, and playwright who is a member of the graduate faculty of the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. In the fall semester of 2022, she will be joining the creative writing program at Indiana University Bloomington as an associate professor. Angela is a graduate of Troy University, Auburn University, and the Spalding low-residency MFA program in creative writing. She has published her short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry in journals like the Louisville Courier Journal and Appalachian Review. She is the author of Drinking from a Bitter Cup, House Repairs, When Stars Rain Down, and the upcoming novel The Light Always Breaks. When Stars Rain Down is a highly acclaimed novel that received a starred review from Library Journal and glowing reviews from Alabama Public Library, Buzzfeed, Parade magazine, and Woman's Weekly. It was also a finalist for the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American historical fiction.
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