Sally
by J. Schlenker
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Pub Date Sep 13 2017 | Archive Date Mar 22 2018
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Description
Michelle, a white woman stumbles upon her grandmother’s journals that have lain dormant in the attic for fifty years. There is a picture of her grandmother alongside an African-American woman. It is inscribed: Sally, born into slavery—my ancestor. The journals relating Sally’s story end abruptly. Michelle makes it her mission to find out more about Sally. The quest brings up more questions than answers. Just when she thinks she has come to a dead end, she uncovers the most startling fact of all.
Based on the life of Sally Ann Barnes 1858 to 1969
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| ISBN | 9780999427804 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
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Leanne N, Educator
‘Sally’ is an account of one woman tracing her roots to one of the most despicable and inhuman cultural contstructs in human history. Sensitively researched and written with the help of first-hand accounts of those who had contact with her or knew her personally, Sally’s previously unrecorded and largely unacknowledged life is given prominence and personal clarity through the genealogically inquisitive efforts of author, J. Schlenker. The content is absolutely enthralling and Schlenker succeeds in imparting a real sense of the depravity, injustices and prejudices surrounding segregation during Sally’s lifetime from the late 1850s until the middle 20th century.
Cathy H, Educator
I enjoyed reading Sally’s story as told by Sally herself to Alice. I lost interest when the story moved on to Alice’s granddaughter continuing the research. It seemed to lose meaning when not being told with Sally’s own “voice.”
Bonnye Reed F, Reviewer
Sally is an excellent book, and I love that the fictionalized life of 'Sally' is interwoven with the fictional life of Michelle, and all is based loosely on the known lives of Sally and J. Schlenker. This was a wonderful tribute to the life of Sally Barnes. It is also a tribute to the digging prowess of J. Schlenker. Even in a small, insular community finding details about the lives of persons three and four generations back is not guaranteed. All that was found and shared with us is remarkable, and Sally is a person we would all be pleased to find in our heritage.
I received a free electronic copy of this novel based on fact from Netgalley, J. Schlenker, and Binka Publishing LLC - BooksGoSocial in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.
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