In Her First Life
I have not been so moved by a book since...
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When the pregnant 12-year-old daughter of a black southern preacher fingers the 16-year-old son of a Southern state’s wealthiest white family, she is exiled to Chicago but returns years later, targeted for murder.
“I have not been so moved by a book since reading Alex’s [Haley] book. When the film is made, I’m laying claim to the role of Aunt Rose.”
— The late Ms. Cicely Tyson, Oscar-winning actress & film icon.
Reedville, Arkansas
It was 1974— the South.
She was 12; he was 16. She was black, the daughter of a poor Baptist minister.
He was white, the son of immense wealth and privilege. What happened on a hot day in May changed Deborah Yvonne Davis’ life forever. Jonathan Reed was unaffected until the passing of 14 years of Deborah’s exile, a vicious murder, a callous display of arrogance and power, and an unexpected visitor determined to reclaim her first life.
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