Synopsis
In 1932, at a time when racial tensions were alive in the South, the lives of two women-one a school teacher and one an African American sharecropper-become forever entwined. The same day twenty-three-year-old Allise Weston DeWitt gives birth to her first child, Peter Weston DeWitt, her husband Quent rapes sixteen-year-old African American Maizee Colson on his cotton farm in Deer Point, Arkansas. Maizee's son Nate bears a strong resemblance to Quent.Allise's life unravels when Quent is killed while fighting in World War II. Always one to do the right thing, this Quaker school marm from Pennsylvania provides a home for Maizee and Nate, causing conflicts within her family and this small southern community. Although Allise finds happiness in a second marriage, she is estranged from her two children and she experiences debilitating sickness.Becoming almost like sisters, the unlikely relationship between Allise and Maizee perseveres for thirty years during which time Allise confronts racism, religion, and provincialism in the South. Winds Blew from the South provides a historical look at one independent woman's attempt to overcome racial inequity.
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À propos de l'auteur
Elizabeth Carroll Foster is an Arkansas native. As a journalist, she worked as a feature writer and editor for Southern Maryland newspapers and freelanced for regional magazines. Foster is working on another book, Follow Me, which narrates the ups and downs of a military family's life.
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