Product Description: An elderly black grandmother passes on the story of the family’s Jewish origins to her young granddaughter, Carol Olivia. As family members flee the Spanish Inquisition, are kidnapped by pirates and eventually sail to America, one daughter in each generation is given the name Olivia, from the Hebrew Shulamit meaning “peace,” to honor the Jewish part of their ancestry...read more

Product Description: Come to Kenilworth, a neighborhood in Washington, DC in the year 1931, where Little Georgia Johnson lives with her seven siblings and their parents. On a very hot August day Little Georgia leaves her sisters and brothers at the house, and makes the long, long walk to Mr...read more

Based on classical epic structure, the saga of Johnnie, the mute daughter of an incestuous union, and her odyssey in search of her story confronts issues of race, xenophobia, love and shattered myths

Various people at a backyard picnic offer their comments on a young girl's tightly curled, 'nappy' hair.