Synopses & Reviews
At his grandfather's deathbed, Isaac Hunt, a black man with blue eyes and skin so fair he looks white, learns his parents aren't really his parents. Armed with only his birth mother's name and the city where she last lived and reeling from betrayal, he goes in search of her and in search of the truth about his past.
His odyssey takes him deep into the south, where the Klan still rules the small town of his birth, and where more than one person does not want Isaac to uncover the truth about who he his. Along the way, he must deal with issues of faith and forgiveness in this coming-of-age novel about race, identity, courage, and truth.
Synopsis
"e;ON AN ORDINARY AFTERNOON IN LATE OCTOBER I DISCOVERED THE TRUTH ABOUT ME."e;
-Isaac Hunt, a blue-eyed fair-skinned black man upon learning that he's been living a lie.
Isaac's determined to uncover the truth about the birthmother he never knew. He's tired of living a lie.
His desperate search for the truth takes him to Pettigrew. This small town ruled by the powerful white Benson family is shrouded in secrets--secrets about Isaac that some townspeople are willing to kill for.
Will he find his real identity--or just a whole lot of trouble?
About the Author
LINDA LEIGH HARGROVE (M.A., North Carolina State University) is author of two novels including The Making of Isaac Hunt and Loving Cee Cee Johnson. She has published articles with Sharing Magazine and the North Carolina Journal for Women. Samples of Linda¿s writing may be found at www.FaithWriters.com. She currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and three sons.