In Jam On The Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett Ivoe Williams is a character that many white Americans would find surprising. She is a bold, intelligent, visionary and hard-working autodidact. This young woman, set in the mold of lynching crusader, Ida B. Wells, changes the dynamics of small-town east Texas with her newspaper journalism and activism. She is personally unconventional. Barnett's novel offers a wider, more inclusive view of a swath of American history from the late 1890's to the middle of the 1920's. This is a must-read for fans of American historical fiction especially, as well as anyone who wants a good, good story.
LaShonda Katrice Barnett will be a Participating Writer at Hobart Festival of Women Writers 2018, September 7, 8 &9th.