Beschreibung
Clear as the night sky over the Rimrock’s, the story of sixteen year-old Bradley Fletcher unfolds like a dark blanket hiding his past and his future. Bradley leaves a sleepy Texas town to see his grandmother Lilly in Memphis, Tennessee. Not knowing what to expect when he gets there, he finds himself in a crime story that happened long before he was born. Nobody and nothing will stop Bradley in his quest to find the brutal truth of what really happened when a young and beautiful white girl fell in love with a black blues musician in a time when black and White was not a matter of color… but of
life or death.
Rezension
“An extraordinary piece of literature about adolescence, about a love that is breaking conventions for decades, about racism, about the beginning of the blues, and the search of a young man for his identity.
– MARTINA MATTES, Germany, KÖB
“In a powerful voice and soft sounds, this European author brings us closer to the deepest feelings that sear our conscience and soothe our aching soul.“
– JAMES A. PIERCE, USA, Translator of TUNNEL KIDS and BLUES FOR LILLY
“This love story is written in a genuine bluesy sound, heartbreaking and beautiful”
– HUBERT FLATTINGER, Austria, TT
I will never fail to be fascinated by stories passed down through generations. Even better than those are stories that have only just been uncovered …
- JOE NIEDERHOFF, San Francisco City Book Review
