On Air · September 5, 2023
An Undisturbed Peace by Mary Glickman
It was a JOY to talk to Mary Glickman again. She was on Joy on Paper a month ago to talk about her latest release: BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON.
At the time I mentioned that I enjoyed her writing–especially a very important book that she wrote several years ago: AN UNDISTURBED PEACE.
It is a heart wrenching story of the forced march of the Cherokee tribe across America in what is known as the Trail of Tears.
As the tribes of the South make the grueling journey across the Mississippi River, a trio of disparate characters is united by a “far-reaching story of love, courage, and honor” (Booklist).
Greensborough, North Carolina, 1828. Abrahan Bento Sassaporta Naggar has traveled to America from the filthy streets of East London in search of a better life. But Abe’s visions of a privileged apprenticeship in the Sassaporta Brothers’ empire are soon replaced with the grim reality of indentured servitude.
Some fifty miles west, Dark Water of the Mountains, the daughter of a powerful Cherokee chief, leads a life of irreverent solitude. Twenty years ago, she renounced her family’s plans for her to marry a wealthy white man—a decision that soon proves fateful.
ListenYou will enjoy my interview with Mary
Buy this great historical fiction.
Hailed as “the finest depiction of the infamous Trail of Tears,” this unflinching novel sheds light on a tragic history (Pat Conroy, author of The Great Santini).