Scarlet Sister Mary
Author | : Julia Peterkin |
Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2024-09-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781667604756 |
ISBN-13 | : 1667604759 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNING NOVEL! In Scarlet Sister Mary, Julia Peterkin tells the powerful story of Mary, a defiant woman in a rural Gullah community who chooses to live on her own terms. After being abandoned by her husband, Mary embraces a life that challenges traditional values, navigating love, motherhood, and social expectations. Set against the backdrop of South Carolina's Lowcountry, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel offers a vivid and empathetic portrayal of African-American culture, resilience, and identity during the early 20th century. "Peterkin has a talent which is not only great but unique at the moment in America." -- Louis Bromfield "Peterkin is a southern white woman, but she has the eye and the ear to see beauty and know truth." -- W.E.B. Du Bois