This summer has the potential to change everything.
The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt can sense a nameless storm coming.
Rarely have I been so at.
Both young men awaken emotions Opal has never felt before.
When Stars Rain Down is so powerful, timely, and compelling that sometimes I found myself holding my breath while reading it.
To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic interests--the son of her pastor, Cedric Perkins, and the grandson of the woman she works for, Jimmy Earl Ketchums.
Parsons\'s residents--both Black and white--are forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town.
She and her Grandma Birdie work as housekeepers for the white widow Miss Peggy, and Opal desperately wants some time to be young and carefree with her cousins and friends.
But When the Ku Klux Klan descends on Opal\'s neighborhood, the tight-knit community is shaken in every way possible.
She hopes this foreboding feeling won\'t overshadow her upcoming eighteenth birthday or the annual Founder\'s Day celebration in just a few weeks.
In When Stars Rain Down, Angela Jackson-brown introduces readers to a small, Southern town grappling with haunting questions still relevant today--and to a young woman whose search for meaning resonates across the ages.
This summer has the potential to change everything.
The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing.
She never thought that becoming a woman would bring with it such complicated decisions about what type of person she wants to be.
In When Stars Rain Down, Angela Jackson-brown introduces us to a small Southern town grappling with haunting questions still relevant today--and to a young woman whose search for meaning resonates across the ages.
To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic interests, awakening many new emotions.
Parsons\'s residents--both Black and white--are forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town.
As hard as she works in the home of the widow Miss Peggy, Opal enjoys having something to look forward to.
But When the Ku Klux Klan descends on Opal\'s neighborhood of Colored Town, the tight-knit community is shaken in every way.
She hopes this foreboding feeling won\'t overshadow her upcoming eighteenth birthday or the annual Founder\'s Day celebration in just a few weeks.
This summer has the potential to change everything.
The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt can sense a nameless storm coming
