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New Harmony: A Mother's Story of Mystery, Love, and Loss (A Mother's Story, #1)

Leon E. Pettiway

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Description:Margaret Butler’s story is the nightmare every mother dreads—the murder of her son, and New Harmony finds its soulfulness in the struggles and triumphs woven into Southern life and the complexities of race, sexuality, and gender in New Harmony, South Carolina. Hollis Demmings and his son, Floyd, act as the antagonists, with hatred underpinning the subtext of their lives. The manuscript’s protagonist, Margaret Butler, is a deeply spiritual Black woman born in 1905 who echoes the laments of former slaves and mourns the death of her murdered sixteen-year-old son, Thad. In doing so, New Harmony addresses issues related to race and bigotry, as well as sexuality and violence. New Harmony examines the normalcy surrounding the paradoxes created by hatred, which transforms desire, love, and greed into expressions of hostility. Desire drives Floyd’s threatening confrontation with Margaret but also sets the stage for questionable parentage. Love fuels hatred to justify murder, while greed becomes the motive for framing the innocent. Although the paradoxes of Southern living serve as the underlying theme, readers discover an ending that reveals the unexpected truth behind the murders, offering surprising insights into the characters’ true identities. Margaret’s narration weaves a heartfelt story, enriched by dialect, that focuses on themes of wisdom, love, and loss, set against the backdrop of a young Black boy’s death in a town that dares to call itself New Harmony.New Harmony is the first of a three-part series.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with New Harmony: A Mother's Story of Mystery, Love, and Loss (A Mother's Story, #1). To get started finding New Harmony: A Mother's Story of Mystery, Love, and Loss (A Mother's Story, #1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 374

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Meishin Press

Release: 2025

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Description: Margaret Butler’s story is the nightmare every mother dreads—the murder of her son, and New Harmony finds its soulfulness in the struggles and triumphs woven into Southern life and the complexities of race, sexuality, and gender in New Harmony, South Carolina. Hollis Demmings and his son, Floyd, act as the antagonists, with hatred underpinning the subtext of their lives. The manuscript’s protagonist, Margaret Butler, is a deeply spiritual Black woman born in 1905 who echoes the laments of former slaves and mourns the death of her murdered sixteen-year-old son, Thad. In doing so, New Harmony addresses issues related to race and bigotry, as well as sexuality and violence. New Harmony examines the normalcy surrounding the paradoxes created by hatred, which transforms desire, love, and greed into expressions of hostility. Desire drives Floyd’s threatening confrontation with Margaret but also sets the stage for questionable parentage. Love fuels hatred to justify murder, while greed becomes the motive for framing the innocent. Although the paradoxes of Southern living serve as the underlying theme, readers discover an ending that reveals the unexpected truth behind the murders, offering surprising insights into the characters’ true identities. Margaret’s narration weaves a heartfelt story, enriched by dialect, that focuses on themes of wisdom, love, and loss, set against the backdrop of a young Black boy’s death in a town that dares to call itself New Harmony.New Harmony is the first of a three-part series.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with New Harmony: A Mother's Story of Mystery, Love, and Loss (A Mother's Story, #1). To get started finding New Harmony: A Mother's Story of Mystery, Love, and Loss (A Mother's Story, #1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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