When Stars Rain Down A Novel

Opal is an eighteen-year-old Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930s-and then the Klan descends. A moving story that confronts America's tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching.The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing. She hopes this foreboding feeling won't overshadow her upcoming 18th birthday or the annual Founder's Day celebration in just a few weeks. 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. Parsons's residents-both Black and white-are forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town. To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic interests-the son of her pastor, Cedric Perkins, and the white grandson of the woman she works for, Jimmy Earl Ketchums.Faced with love, loss, and a harsh awakening to an ugly world, Opal holds tight to her family and faith-and the hope for change."When Stars Rain Down is so powerful, timely, and compelling . . . an important and beautifully written must-read of a novel." -Silas House, author of Southernmost2021 Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction - FinalistStand-alone novelIncludes discussion questions for book clubs

ISBN:	9780785240440
Publisher:	Thomas Nelson
Imprint:	Thomas Nelson
Published date:	27 May 2021
DEWEY:	813.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	vi, 360
Weight:	354g
Height:	139mm
Width:	212mm
Spine width:	27mm

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