ASIN: B001OMGZP2
Publisher: Xlibris - A Division of Random House, Inc.
Pages: 390
Upon graduating from Harvard University in the field of molecular biology, Byron MacKenzie recalls the adventuresome and traumatic events of her childhood in a Louisiana backwater town during the social and political turmoil of the ‘60’s that shaped her future and her quest for integrity and truth. Romantically named after the 19th century English poet, Byron is “different,” to her mother’s distress. “Can you imagine a young girl who keeps snakes and frogs in her bedroom and collects insects for a hobby? When she’s not in school, she spends all her time mucking around in the swamp.” Byron’s friends are unique – JOSINE CARRIE, whom Byron helps escape from her abusive father intent on killing her and her unborn child; ARISTOPHANES JONES, A Black teenage boy whose mother has a mysterious past. Jones has ambitions to go to college, but he must survive the dangers of attending an ...
