Pleasantville by Attica Locke; 4 out of 5 Stars This is the follow-up novel to Black Water Rising and like that one we follow the law career of Jay Porter of Houston, now 15 years older, recently widowed, and still holding down only a few clients. A mayoral election is in full swing, the historically Black neighborhood of Pleasantville has been hit by a chemical plant first shutting down jobs and then polluting the city, a wave of recent murders, and divisive politics set on […]
