ABRAHAM'S WELL by Sharon Ewell Foster (Bethany House Publishers, November 2006)
ABOUT THE BOOK
The time is 1838.
Armentia pointed to a well on the land their Cherokee master owns. "It seems hard to believe now, son, but someday we'll have our own land. Land with a well just like this one…."
Inspired by true events, authentic slave narratives, and other historical accounts, Abraham's Well is the profoundly moving story of the Black Cherokee--African Americans, both slave and free--who, along with native people, walked the Trail of Tears. It is the story of their forced removal from the Southeast to Indian Territory--modern day Oklahoma--and of the courage and faith of one woman as she struggles to overcome her desperate circumstances.
And it is the story of an author who, in researching and writing, found her own way home.
"Foster returns to historical fiction with an evocative
tale of the sticky lies and bloody promises of an often untold journey
in American history--the trek of the Indian slave on The Trail of
Tears. As a Christian, a woman, an African American and one who also
has "Indian in her family" this book took me 1000 miles in both my
heart and mind. As always, Foster's mastery of setting and language
paint a family and a nation that we must never forget. This book will
be required reading for all my children and their children after them.
It's not to be missed."
--Marilynn Griffith, author of Pink and Made of Honor
"Sharon Ewell Foster merges little known history with fiction to pen another amazing novel with Abraham's Well. In
her trademark style – rich language that makes you want to read
passages again and again and descriptions that take you back two
hundred years – Foster creates an engaging story that not only pulls on
every one of your heart strings, but will have you talking out loud to
the characters. Abraham's Well is hard to put down. Definitely, one of the best reads of the year!"
--Victoria Christopher Murray
Listen as Marilynn talks with Sharon Ewell Foster about her groundbreaking new historical novel ABRAHAM'S WELL. The tape cuts off at the end, but this is a good one. Check it out!
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