The Friendship

Historical Fiction Coming of Age Social History

Description

Set in Depression-era Mississippi, this powerful historical novel follows Cassie Logan and her brothers as an errand to a local store places them in the midst of a dangerous confrontation between an elderly Black man and a white shopkeeper. Through the children’s anxious perspective, the story exposes the rigid racial rules, fear, and injustice that shape everyday life in the segregated South. Yet it also explores courage, dignity, friendship, and the unexpected possibilities of human connection. Drawing on family history, the author delivers a vivid and deeply affecting portrait of a pivotal afternoon.