It’s just so hard to believe this could have happened, but it did. And you’ll want to immediately reread PROMISE. It’s much more sophisticated and realistic. Some readers may feel this book is similar to THE HELP. These are issues of both white and black. There are issues of family, loss, death, betrayal. But this wonderful novel doesn’t just deal with race. You know you’re in the deep South when you encounter the degree of racism that exists during this time period. We find Dovey barely surviving and trying to navigate the treachery of the ruined streets in the total darkness. Scenes of babies flying through the air and landing in trees and bushes are so lifelike that you might even find yourself running to your own window to look out, just in case… After the storm devastation prevails and Gwin has you right in the thick of it. Gwin sets up the coming of the storm in such vivid prose that you almost feel your own feet lift off the ground. I don’t remember ever reading a book that grabbed me so quickly. Jo is a teenager trying to keep her baby brother alive. Dovey is a great-grandmother helping to raise her grand daughter’s little boy, Promise. The story is told through their very real voices. Gives life to two women, one black, one white.
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