Twelve year old Robbie Stevens grows up under the Jim Crow laws of northern Florida. It’s the 1950s, and though the institution of slavery has been abolished nearly a century ago, in practice, life is tough, especially since Robbie’s mother has died and Robbie’s father, a community organiser, has been branded a rabble rouser by the town’s white population and has fled for Chicago, leaving Robbie in the care of his sixteen year old sister Gloria. When Gloria is accosted by her wealthy white neighbour’s […]
Book for thee but not for me
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
