As a working mother and poet-lecturer, Camille Dungy\'s livelihood depended on travel.
Penetrating and generous, this is an essential guide for a troubled land..
From the San Francisco of settlers\' dreams to the slave-trading ports of Ghana, from snow-white Maine to a festive yet threatening bonfire in the Virginia pinewoods, Dungy finds fear and trauma but also mercy, kindness, and community.
She crisscrossed America and beyond with her daughter in tow, History shadowing their steps, always intensely aware of how they were perceived, not just as mother and child but as black women.
As a working mother and poet-lecturer, Camille Dungy\'s livelihood depended on travel