DAYS OF TEARS

Today I finished reading DAYS OF TEARS (2005). It’s written by Julius Lester , another great Missouri writer, like Mark Twain , William Wells Brown, Maya Angelou and others. This novel, historical novel , is hard to put down. In fact, I could not put it down! I weep in homage and gratitude for the labor of the great author, whose translation of Joel Chandler Harris’ BRER RABBIT (1999) I am now reading. It is something to marvel about as well! This book, though , elevates the spirit of mankind over the social conditions or color of mankind in historic human facts. “Read’m and weep” in faith, happiness, joy, fact , fiction, fear, life, death. And most importantly in our freedom!