Under the tulip tree
Shocklee, Michelle,
Under the tulip tree - 387 pages ; 21 cm
Includes discussion questions.
"Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. As Frankie recounts her life as a slave, Rena is horrified to learn of all the older woman has endured--especially because Rena's ancestors owned slaves. While Frankie's story challenges Rena's preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?"--
9781496446077 1496446070
2020006354
1929
Women journalists--Fiction.
Women slaves--Fiction.
Older women--Fiction.
Slavery--History--19th century--Fiction.
Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
United States--History--20th century--Fiction.
Fiction.
Christian fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3619.H627 / U53 2020
813/.6
Under the tulip tree - 387 pages ; 21 cm
Includes discussion questions.
"Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. As Frankie recounts her life as a slave, Rena is horrified to learn of all the older woman has endured--especially because Rena's ancestors owned slaves. While Frankie's story challenges Rena's preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?"--
9781496446077 1496446070
2020006354
1929
Women journalists--Fiction.
Women slaves--Fiction.
Older women--Fiction.
Slavery--History--19th century--Fiction.
Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
United States--History--19th century--Fiction.
United States--History--20th century--Fiction.
Fiction.
Christian fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3619.H627 / U53 2020
813/.6