Red Was the Midnight (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781732215702)

Red Was the Midnight, is a riveting novel that intertwines the imaginative story of a striving "colored" family-three sisters and a brother-with an account of an actual race riot that roiled Atlanta for four days in September, 1906. In this page-turner, the author pulls you into the ambitions of Beatrice, the haughty eldest daughter; the adulterous affairs of Fat, the family's only son and a church deacon, who runs a thriving numbers and bootlegging racket; the return of their sister Mary Alice, after a mysterious seven-year absence; and the dilemma facing "Fast Ruby," their youngest and prettiest sister, whose newborn daughter's milky complexion is shocking. As the family tries to cope with secrets, betrayals, sibling rivalry, and a host of other conflicts, the race riot-fueled by a contentious political campaign and hysterical, questionable newspaper headlines-throws them into a fight for their lives. Historical fiction, with a title taken from a poem, "Litany of Atlanta", by W. E. B. Du Bois, Red Was the Midnight follows events from a hundred years ago that eerily foreshadow those of today.

Author: Portia Tewogbade
ISBN-10: 1732215707
ISBN-13: 9781732215702
Publisher: Kaduna River Press
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2018
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2018