I just reviewed Moonrise over New Jessup by 978-1643752464

Algonquin Books It’s 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected

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February 16, 2023
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The story focuses on Alice who fled her home under heartbreaking circumstances. On the way to connect with her sister in Chicago, she got off the bus in New Jessup and was shocked to find a segregated town with black people. She was welcomed into the community and found work as a Seamstress. She later met Raymond, who would eventually become her husband.


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