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Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League
Jonathan Odell
Maiden Lane Press
February 2015
On Sale: February 4, 2015
Featuring: Vida; Miss Hazel
397 pages
ISBN: 1940210046
EAN: 9781940210049
Kindle: B00TIXSHUK
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Set in pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, Miss Hazel and the
Rosa
Parks League is the story of two young mothers, Hazel and
Vida – one wealthy and white and the other poor and black
–
who have only two things in common: the devastating loss
of
their children, and a deep and abiding loathing for one
another. Embittered and distrusting, Vida is harassed by Delphi’s
racist sheriff and haunted by the son she lost to the
world.
Hazel, too, has lost a son and can’t keep a grip on her
fractured life. After drunkenly crashing her car into a
manger scene while gunning for the baby Jesus, Hazel is
sedated and bed-ridden. Hazel’s husband hires Vida to
keep
tabs on his unpredictable wife and to care for his sole
surviving son. Forced to spend time together with no one
else to rely on, the two women find they have more in
common
than they thought, and together they turn the town on its
head. It is the story of a town, a people, and a culture
on
the verge of a great change that begins with small
things,
like unexpected friendship.
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