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Amistad
April 2009
On Sale: April 1, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 0061255580
EAN: 9780061255588
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Mystery
Revere, Mississippi, with its population of "20,000 and
sinking" is not unlike most Southern towns in the sixties.
Black people live on one side of town and whites live on
the other. The two rarely mix, or so everyone believes. But
the truth is brought to the forefront when Billy Ray
Puckett, a white man wounded while hunting, shows up at the
segregated Doctors Hospital. No one thinks much of his
death—just a typical hunting accident—until the sheriff
orders an investigation. Suddenly the connections
between whites and blacks are revealed to be deeper than
anyone expected, which makes the town's struggle with
integration that much more complicated. Dr. Cooper
Connelly, who hails from a prominent white family, takes an
unexpectedly progressive view toward school integration;
while the esteemed Dr. Reese Jackson, so prominent he has
garnered an Ebony profile, tries to stay above the
fray. With fully realized characters and a mystery that
will keep readers turning pages until the end, The Air
Between Us is a heart-filled, endearing tale.
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