Glow
Glow by Jessica Maria Tuccelli, published by Penguin Books on February 26, 2013, is a reprint edition comprising 324 pages. Set against the backdrop of October 1941, the narrative follows eleven-year-old Ella McGee as she travels back to her Southern hometown. The story unfolds against the complexities of her parents’ fractured love story, featuring a black father drafted into service and an activist mother of mixed heritage facing racial challenges. Ella’s journey into the Georgia mountains reveals a rich tapestry of family secrets that span a century.
Readers will encounter a narrative told through five distinct voices, reaching back to pivotal moments in history, including the eve of World War II and the Blue Ridge frontier of 1836. The book explores significant themes such as race, identity, and the intricate bonds of family and community. With its lush detail and epic historical scope, Glow presents a profound exploration of the human experience, making it a noteworthy addition to contemporary Southern fiction.
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October 1941. Eleven-year-old Ella McGee sits on a bus bound for her Southern hometown. Behind her in Washington, D.C., lie the broken pieces of her parents’ love story–a black father drafted, an activist mother of Scotch-Irish and Cherokee descent confronting racist thugs. But Ella’s journey is just beginning when she reaches Hopewell County, and her disappearance into the Georgia mountains will unfurl a rich tapestry of family secrets spanning a century. Told in five unforgettable voices, Glow reaches back through the generations, from the eve of World War II to the Blue Ridge frontier of 1836, where slave plantations adjoin the haunted glades of a razed Cherokee Nation. Out of these characters’ lives evolves a drama that is at once intimately human and majestic in its power to call upon the great themes of our time–race, identity, and the bonds of family and community.
Lushly conceived, cinematically detailed, and epic in historical scope, Glow announces an extraordinary new voice in Southern fiction.
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