![]() ![]() ![]() And while McQueen serves up stark lucidity and beauty, she doesn’t hide from the darkness of the past, instead she makes meaning of it. LaTanya McQueen’s When the Reckoning Comes makes that fact both startlingly real and beautiful. In life, heavy was the crown of chains meant to keep their bodies down, but their spirits soon will rise.”īook buzz: “Whether we know it or not, we are all haunted by history. ![]() Perfect pitch: “A haunting novel about a Black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind.”įirst lines: “ They are coming. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |