GLOVER, Vivian - The First Fig Tree - (Hardcover in Wrapper)

Did belong to a library before but book and wrapper very good - 1st Edition - Taken out twice.   >>>   It is the start of WWII and Ellen, a former slave, has been moved to her daughter's house to live. Her daughter also has her young granddaughter living with her. The old woman and the young girl forge a bond. The old woman is a gentle teacher who challenges the young girl to think about the consequences of her actions. Since this story is placed in the South, there are threads of segregation woven throughout. The young girl does not yet know the gift her great grandmother is mother is giving her. The sense of familial heritage being passed to a new generation.   -   The young girl is never named and I suspect that this book is autobiographical.   -   I found myself embracing these characters and enjoying the languid pace one expects of a Southern tale.   (Jeanne on Goodreads)   >>>   As America prepares for World War II, an elderly Black woman reminisces to her great-granddaughter about her childhood as a slave and the Civil War that freed her as her stories reveal the realities of life in a segregated South.      * P0litics * Civil War *