Acclaimed Novelist Charmaine Wilkerson “Good Dirt”

Name: Acclaimed Novelist Charmaine Wilkerson “Good Dirt”
Start: 2025-02-05T19:00:00-06:00
Location: St. Louis County Library

Schedule

Wed, 05 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

St. Louis County Library | Frontenac, MO

Bestselling author of “Black Cake,” basis for the hit Hulu series produced by Oprah Winfrey, Charmaine Wilkerson’s latest novel brings to life a multi-generational epic. When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The crime was never solved—and because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a well-to-do enclave of New England—the case has had an enduring pull for the public. Now an adult, Ebby begins to think about the other loss her family suffered that day—the stoneware jar brought North by an enslaved ancestor. The handcrafted piece of pottery held more than just Ebby’s family history—it might also hold the key to unlocking her future.
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