false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170915611m/78091.jpg 78091 3 In the turbulent spring of 1951, central Florida became notoriously linked to a vicious series of Ku Klux Klan activities. The racial, religious, and political mix that populated Reesa McMahon's childhood hometown of Mayflower that same year was, as her Northern-born father remarked, "the social equivalent of a Molotov cocktail." The upheaval her family experiences in the coming-of-age novel <I>Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands</I> by Susan Carol McCarthy--which is based on actual events from her own life--abruptly ends Reesa's girlish sense of security. When her friend Marvin Cully, a black orange-picker who works for her father, is killed by the local Opalakee Klan, she realizes how much her liberal family stands out in opposition to the men with white sheets and guns who, unmasked, served as the pillars of the local community. While making sense of Marvin's death and slowly realizing the extent to which her fellow townsfolk brandish their racist attitudes, Reesa watches her own house become the unofficial center of the resistance. The author notes her arguably sensible reasons for fictionalizing her accounts, but the resulting story doesn't move beyond the confines of a young girl's mind. <I>--Emily Russin</I> 2107696 1 4 2003 Lay that Trumpet in Our Hands total:155|5:45|4:74|3:25|2:8|1:3| 155 615 214 49 5 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Oct 10 07:30:46 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 08:06:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 08:33:32 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 18:57:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 06:25:16 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 06:28:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 12:44:09 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 12:44:17 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 09:36:02 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 17:36:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 08:23:09 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:25:01 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 10 15:16:54 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 15:18:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 16:27:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:48:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 08:42:36 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 08:42:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 02 17:24:11 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 16:18:47 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:24:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 06:36:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 06:38:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 03:26:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 03:27:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 22 15:48:39 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 16:11:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 06 10:39:43 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:48:42 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 22 14:45:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:48:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Oct 18 20:23:04 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 20:23:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 30 20:17:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 22:09:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 14 07:19:57 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:20:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 03 07:55:44 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 10 14:51:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Mar 19 11:19:11 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:23:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=78091