145 pages
English language
Published July 15, 2013
When Frank Money joined the army to escape his too-small world, he left behind his cherished and fragile little sitter, Cee. After the war, his shattered life has no purpose until he hears that Cee is in danger. Frank is a modern day Odysseus returning to a 1950s America mined with lethal pitfalls for an unwary black man. As he journeys to his native Georgia in search of Cee, it becomes clear that their troubles began well before their wartime separation. Together, they must return to their rural hometown of Lotus, where buried secrets are unearthed and where Frank learns at last what it means to be a man, heal, and - above all- what it means to come home"--Page 2 of cover.
Sparse and immediate, this journey across America's (race-prejudiced) heartland in the 1950s resonates after finishing, but seems a little disjointed at parts. The writing is, of course, magnificent, and the brevity is part of the work, and enjoyable.
