Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn\'t mean she can\'t put in a good stitch.
Set in 1932 and inspired by the rich quilting traditions of Gee\'s Bend, Alabama, Leaving Gee\'s Bend is a delightful story of a young girl facing a brave new world, presented in a new paperback edition..
Beyond the cotton fields of her small sharecropping community, Ludelphia discovers a world she never imagined, but there\'s also danger lurking for a young girl on her own.
That\'s when Ludelphia decides to do something drastic--leave Gee\'s Bend.
Mama needs medicine badly--medicine that can only be found in Camden, over forty miles away.
But when Mama gets deathly ill, it doesn\'t seem like even quilting will help.
In fact, Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things are going wrong.
Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn\'t mean she can\'t put in a good stitch
