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Passing by Samaria

Growing up in Mississippi, Alena had been sheltered by parents who didn't want her to know how cruel the post-World War I world was to black people. But finding the lynched body of her best friend J.C., who had just returned from the war in Europe, changes Alena and destroys her faith in God. A gifted writer, Alena wants to tell the world what happened, but her parents, knowing that she would be the next one hanging from a tree if she did, send her to live with an aunt in Chicago. As Alena struggles to comprehend how a loving God could let this nightmare happen, two men come into her life: one with the power to save her, the other with the power to destroy her.

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  • "Growing up in Mississippi, Alena had been sheltered by parents who didn't want her to know how cruel the post-World War I world was to black people. But finding the lynched body of her best friend J.C., who had just returned from the war in Europe, changes Alena and destroys her faith in God. A gifted writer, Alena wants to tell the world what happened, but her parents, knowing that she would be the next one hanging from a tree if she did, send her to live with an aunt in Chicago. As Alena struggles to comprehend how a loving God could let this nightmare happen, two men come into her life: one with the power to save her, the other with the power to destroy her."@en
  • "When a schoolmate's lynched body is discovered, Alena's parents send her far away from her beloved Mississippi home. With thousands of other African-Americans, Alena begins making her way north to the Promised Land of turn-of-the-century Chicago. On the way she meets two men who will dramatically impact her life."
  • ""The date is 1919, a time of unrest and drastic change. For Alena, though, life in Mississippi is perfect, and she prays she will never leave her home. That prayer is shattered when she makes a horrible discovery that leads her to challenge all she believes. From a quiet country setting Alena is catapulted to Chicago."--Jacket."
  • "Eighteen-year-old African-American Alena's sheltered life on her parent's Mississippi farm has not prepared her for the truth about racism, but a shocking discovery leads her to leave her home in 1919 and travel to Chicago in search of answers and justice."
  • "Eighteen-year-old African-American Alena's sheltered life on her parent's Mississippi farm has not prepared her for the truth about racism, but a shocking discovery leads her to leave her home in 1919 and travel to Chicago in search of answers and justice."@en

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  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Christian fiction"
  • "Christian fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Passing by Samaria"
  • "Passing by Samaria"@en
  • "Passing by Samaria a novel"
  • "Passing by Samaria : a novel"@en
  • "Passing By Samaria"@en

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