Genre: Adult, Historical Fiction
Source: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
This book set in the early sixties to have been written
today. This book looks at segregation
during the sixties. Although we no longer have segregation, or not to the
extent we once had it, we still have racial issues. As much as we want to ignore it this problem
is still here. The story is told through multiple perspectives. Tacker goes to Nigeria to help build
schools. He is considered a minority in
Nigeria and learns what it is like to be discriminated against. He returns to the United States still
passionate about Africa and wants to help make a change. He goes back to work for his father’s grocery. When he lets an African American into the
store; and the kid is attacked, Tacker decides he needs to do something. Tacker has reconnected with Kate a girl from
his high school. They have differing views on the racial situation. Tacker is
able to change her mind. The lives of
these three people intersect so seamlessly.
Some of the racial tension could have come right out of our own
newspapers. This is the first book I
have read by this author. I am glad I was offered the opportunity to read and
review it. Please take a moment and
check it out. You really won’t be disappointed.
