His Name Was Ezra - Softcover

Moody, Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998655856 ISBN 13: 9780998655857

Publisher: Vivid Imagery Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Judith Bracewell, a twenty-one-year-old, pale-skinned, red-haired, freckle-faced tomboy, enjoys spending her Saturday afternoons playing baseball with the boys on the other side of town. Falling in love with one of her teammates, dream-driven, hopeful future lawyer Ezra Washington, the pair are forced to spend their shared off-field time together in secret, deep in the woods within the confines of an abandoned Civil War-era cemetery. Residing in Waynesboro, Mississippi, in 1957, the strict, limiting, and dehumanizing laws of the Jim Crow South deem their natural bond forbidden, all due to the opposite color of their skin.After Judith falls victim to a violent and brutal physical assault, Ezra goes missing, with Judith’s older brother, Ed, receiving the blame for his disappearance. When a fame-eager, ambitious assistant district attorney arrives to investigate the vanishing of young Ezra, Judith is quickly forced to balance her love and loyalty for her only brother with the overwhelming devastation and heartbreak she feels for her beloved, missing Ezra. Amid a reckless and ongoing criminal trial and quickly-deteriorating relationship with her younger sister, Francis, Judith must contend with a self-sacrificing decision that will eliminate her personal hopes and dreams for the future, but will save her brother’s life.Years later, the cruel course of destiny has Judith trapped in an emotionally, psychologically, and physically abusive marriage, her only saving grace: her five-year-old son. Once more faced with an extreme decision of selfless abandon, Judith finds her fate dangling in the hands of not only the state of Mississippi’s judicial system, but also the slow-changing, ever-fickle, and often unjustified court of social and public opinion.Set between the infamous Emmett Till murder of 1955 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, His Name Was Ezra tells the riveting tale of one young woman’s incredible journey of love, personal sacrifice, family loyalty, and forgiveness, and a region and nation’s deep-rooted struggle with race and gender discrimination.

About this title

About the Author:

Craig Moody was born and raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida, a suburban community that edges the beautiful Florida Everglades. Author of the acclaimed debut novel, The ’49 Indian, Craig currently resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with his boyfriend, Gable, and twenty-two-year-old cockatiel, Alley.

Review:

With astounding insights into the early era of civil rights and southern Jim Crow laws, HIS NAME WAS EZRA is a gripping and emotional tale of love, loss, and heartbreak where deep love and strong family ties are put to the test. - IndieReader

About this edition

• Publisher: Vivid Imagery Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0998655856
• ISBN 13: 9780998655857
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232