A Kind of Freedom: A Novel

The "The Mothers" is a powerful and poignant novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through the lives of three generations of a Black New Orleans family.

Evelyn, a Creole woman who comes of age during World War II, faces the harsh realities of Jim Crow, while her daughter Jackie struggles with her husband's drug addiction and their son T.C.'s love for growing marijuana.

Despite the challenges they face, this family remains resilient and determined to bloom amidst the poison of racism.

With a critically acclaimed debut, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton delivers an urgent and redemptive family history that shines an unflinching yet compassionate light on the endurance of this Black family in New Orleans.