Shadow of a Quarter Moon
By (Author) Eileen Clymer Schwab
Penguin Putnam Inc
Signet
5th July 2011
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
400
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 23mm
331g
From the author of Promise Bridge comes a powerful novel of the pre-Civil War era South and the Underground Railroad. 1839, North Carolina. As the daughter of a plantation owner, Jacy has been raised in privilege- until she discovers that she's the offspring of a dalliance between her father and a slave. The revelation destroys Jacy's sense of who she is and where she belongs in the world. Equally shocking, her biological mother and brother are still slaves on the property. As she gets to know them-and the handsome horse trainer, Rafe-she begins to see life in the South with fresh eyes. And soon Jacy will have to make a treacherous journey that she hopes will end in freedom for them all...
Long intrigued by the transitional period just before the Civil War,Eileen Clymer Schwabis the author of novels set during that period, including Shadow of a Quarter Moonand Promise Bridge.