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What happens when two girls—one enslaved, one free—share the same father and the same home but are divided by law, society, and skin color? In “Why,” a powerful new novel by Marvin V. Blake, readers are taken on a deeply emotional journey through the American South in the decades leading up to the Civil War…
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Epic Historical Novel Explores Race, Identity, and Sisterhood in Pre-Civil War America
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What happens when two girls—one enslaved, one free—share the same father and the same home but are divided by law, society, and skin color? In “Why,” a powerful new novel by Marvin V. Blake, readers are taken on a deeply emotional journey through the American South in the decades leading up to the Civil War…
