Anywhere You Run A Novel
Anywhere You Run, a novel by Wanda M. Morris, published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2022, spans 400 pages in English. This narrative unfolds in the summer of 1964, set against the backdrop of Jim Crow Mississippi, where two Black sisters, Violet and Marigold Richards, find themselves fleeing from their troubled lives. After Violet commits a desperate act in self-defense, she escapes to Chillicothe, Georgia, while Marigold, facing her own challenges, seeks a new life in the North. The story explores their attempts to evade the dangers of their past and the societal pressures they face.
Readers will encounter a gripping tale of suspense and crime as the sisters navigate their perilous journeys. The novel delves into themes of domestic strife, racial injustice, and the complexities of sisterhood, all while a mysterious figure pursues them with his own dark intentions. Morris’s work combines elements of historical fiction and thriller, providing a rich exploration of the characters’ struggles against the backdrop of a tumultuous era.
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From the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful novel where, after the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country . . . but can they escape the secrets they left behind?
It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the right to vote. Against this backdrop, twenty-one year old Violet Richards finds herself in more trouble than she’s ever been in her life. Suffering a brutal attack of her own, she kills the man responsible. But with the color of Violet’s skin, there is no way she can escape Jim Crow justice in Jackson, Mississippi. Before anyone can find the body or finger her as the killer, she decides to run. With the help of her white beau, Violet escapes. But desperation and fear leads her to hide out in the small rural town of Chillicothe, Georgia, unaware that danger may be closer than she thinks.
Back in Jackson, Marigold, Violet’s older sister, has dreams of attending law school. Working for the Mississippi Summer Project, she has been trying to use her smarts to further the cause of the Black vote. But Marigold is in a different kind of trouble: she’s pregnant and unmarried. After news of the murder brings the police to her door, Marigold sees no choice but to flee Jackson too. She heads North seeking the promise of a better life and no more segregation. But has she made a terrible choice that threatens her life and that of her unborn child?
Two sisters on the run–one from the law, the other from social shame. What they don’t realize is that there’s a man hot on their trail. This man has his own brand of dark secrets and a disturbing motive for finding the sisters that is unknown to everyone but him . . .
“Anywhere You Run had me hooked from the first page… It’s a novel both tender and ferocious–an absolute stunner.” –Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of November Road
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