Julie L. Seely

This is a riveting story of history, and a family enduring life’s uncontrollable obstacles.

I think the title is what drew me to this surprisingly fascinating story---a memoir with what I think are the remarkable parts of her family that the author really did not know about until she delved into this project---and what a project! Seely writes delightfully and adds the historical features happening along the way and how they affected her family members, making the book an education, especially about the horrific lack of civil rights of real people that the reader absorbs, page by page.