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Book Review Request - Historical Fiction

Guest Cynthia D. Toliver
Guest Cynthia D. Toliver
in Black Literature

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I am seeking reviewers for my historical novel Sedahlia. Sedahlia explores the human cords that bind and the racial lines that divide two families, the Masters and the Lindseys. Readers say Sedahlia is "Earthy", "Hard to put down", "Life in all its layers". Sedahlia is a riveting ride challenging readers to examine race relations both then and now.
 

 

After fleeing post-Civil War Georgia, John Masters, Sr., his wife Virginia Masters, and their rebellious servant Jessie Lindsey have built new lives in Texas ranch country.  Now their offspring, Johnny Masters and Rachel Lindsey, are in love.  On the isolated, sprawling Sedahlia ranch, their youthful dalliances are largely overlooked until Rachel becomes pregnant, forcing Rachel to leave Texas for a freedman’s school in Georgia.

From the insulated Sedahlia ranch to the Jim Crow south, the rails both separate and unite - parting lovers, reuniting family, pushing out the old, bringing in the new.  It is in these settings that the Masters and Lindseys live and love, and their personal needs and mores clash with society.  The repercussions rumble through this family and the surrounding community, tearing them asunder and bringing them together as only love and tragedy will.
 
 
Sedahlia
Author, Cynthia D. Toliver
July 2015
ISBN 9781634905619
 
B013OIE4C4?ie=UTF8&keywords=Sedahlia&qid
 

 

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