![]() ![]() One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. ![]() Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected.Īs she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass-only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. ![]() Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. ![]() Stringfellow is available to download free in pdf epub format. ![]()
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