an important and beautifully written must-read of a novel. She Continue reading 'Book Review: When Stars Rain Down by Angela. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt can sense a nameless storm coming. " When Stars Rain Down is so powerful, timely, and compelling. When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown Amazon / B&N / Thomas Nelson / GP/ Apple / BookBub Paperback: 386 Pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson (April 13, 2021) This summer has the potential to change everything. Opal Pruitt never imagined almost-adulthood would look like this. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing. Read When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown for free on hoopla. When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic interests-the son of her pastor, Cedric Perkins, and the white grandson of the woman she works for, Jimmy Earl Ketchums.įaced with love, loss, and a harsh awakening to an ugly world, Opal holds tight to her family and faith-and the hope for change. Angela Jackson-Brown is an award-winning writer, poet and playwright who teaches Creative Writing. Parsons's residents-both Black and white-are forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town.
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.īut when the Ku Klux Klan descends on Opal's neighborhood, the tight-knit community is shaken in every way possible. She hopes this foreboding feeling won't overshadow her upcoming 18th birthday or the annual Founder's Day celebration in just a few weeks. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing. A moving story that confronts America's tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. Opal is an eighteen-year-old Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930s-and then the Klan descends.
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