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As news of rebellion, civil disobedience, and struggles for freedom by Black people across the country reaches the small rural town of Salt Point, Maine, in 1957, the predominantly white townsfolk begin to view the Black Kindred family, who had previously been perceived as different, but still docile and non-threatening, with distrust. The peaceful and loving world that the Kindred parents have constructed around thirteen-year-old Hyacinth ("Cinthy") and her fifteen-year-old sister Ezra is altered when these townsfolk act on their festering suspicion and latent hatred. Rachel Eliza Griffiths' debut novel, Promise, follows the Kindred sisters as they navigate a world full of limitations.
The narration opens with an idyllic scene, as Cinthy and Ezra prepare to enjoy the last day of summer before a new school session starts. Cinthy's excitement is evident in her ...
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