childhood

"When Zora Neale Hurston and her best friend, Carrie Brown, discover that the town mute can speak after all, they think they've uncovered a big secret. But Mr. Polk's silence is just one piece of a larger puzzle that stretches back half a century to the tragic story of an enslaved girl named Lucia. As Zora's curiosity leads a reluctant Carrie deeper into the mystery, the story unfolds through alternating narratives. Lucia's struggle for freedom resonates through the years, threatening the future of America's first incorporated black township--the hometown of author Zora Neale Hurston"--Publisher provided.

A novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.

"For Carrie and her best friend, Zora, Eatonville--America's first incorporated Black township--has been an idyllic place to live out their childhoods. But when a lynch mob crosses the town's border to pursue a fugitive and a grave robbery resuscitates the ugly sins of the past, the question of who should bear the blame for these trespasses becomes a hard duel between the town's first and only mayor and its charismatic preacher, the Reverend John Hurston, Zora's father. As Carrie and Zora watch their town, their friends, and their families struggle to find footing amid personal tragedy and civic unrest, they recognize that change is coming, whether they like it or not. It is time to leave childish things behind; it is time to take up the mantle of their destinies. For Zora, that means saying goodbye to Eatonville"--Provided by publisher.

"When Zora Neale Hurston and her best friend, Carrie Brown, discover that the town mute can speak after all, they think they've uncovered a big secret. But Mr. Polk's silence is just one piece of a larger puzzle that stretches back half a century to the tragic story of an enslaved girl named Lucia. As Zora's curiosity leads a reluctant Carrie deeper into the mystery, the story unfolds through alternating narratives. Lucia's struggle for freedom resonates through the years, threatening the future of America's first incorporated black township--the hometown of author Zora Neale Hurston"--Publisher provided.

"For Carrie and her best friend, Zora, Eatonville--America's first incorporated Black township--has been an idyllic place to live out their childhoods. But when a lynch mob crosses the town's border to pursue a fugitive and a grave robbery resuscitates the ugly sins of the past, the question of who should bear the blame for these trespasses becomes a hard duel between the town's first and only mayor and its charismatic preacher, the Reverend John Hurston, Zora's father. As Carrie and Zora watch their town, their friends, and their families struggle to find footing amid personal tragedy and civic unrest, they recognize that change is coming, whether they like it or not. It is time to leave childish things behind; it is time to take up the mantle of their destinies. For Zora, that means saying goodbye to Eatonville"--Provided by publisher.

Life and customs in Biblical Nazareth are presented in a description of the childhood of Jesus.