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Freedom Lessons: A Novel by Eileen Harrison Sanchez
Freedom Lessons: A Novel by Eileen Harrison Sanchez
May 17th is the anniversary of Brown v BOE. Honor that decision. Read FREEDOM LESSONS to learn the personal impact of the end of separate but equal.
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2020 Story Circle’s Women’s Book Awards, Historical Fiction, Sarton's Shortlist, Chosen as a 2020 Pulpwood Queens Book Club pick 2019, Best Book Awards Finalist in Fiction (Multicultural)
“When 'all deliberate speed' becomes 'all of a sudden,' not much changes. An intermittently potent illustration of the formidable obstacles to equality that remained—and persist—post-Brown v. Board of Education.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This powerful tale offers a beacon of hope that individuals can inspire change.” —Library Journal
“ . . . a deftly crafted novel that, although a work of fiction, is based on the author Eileen Sanchez' personal experience teaching in Louisiana in the late sixties. Freedom Lessons is heartfelt, unflinching novel, and inherently riveting novel about the unexpected effects of school integration during that time takes on the issues our nation continues to face regarding race, unity, and identity.” —Midwest Book Review
”Inspired by the author’s real-life experiences, Freedom Lessons is a candid and nuanced novel about a young Northern woman who spends a year teaching in the 1960s Jim Crow South. In the process, she learns more about herself and her country than she ever expected. Freedom Lessons is illuminating and gripping, and a worthy addition to the literature of the civil rights era.” —Amy Hill Hearth, New York Times and Washington Post best-selling author and recipient of two American Library Association Notable Book citations
"Told in alternating viewpoints, this impressive novel reaches back in time to the early days of school integration, and to a place in America where resistance to integration was substantial.” —Historical Novel Society
“…Freedom Lessons reminds us of a dark period in our history, and of the importance of an equal opportunity education for all. A must read for our generation and generations to come.” —Kari Bovee, author of the Annie Oakley Mystery series
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