"Our home began\, as all things do\, with a wish ." Jane Edwards hasn't spoken since she was eleven years old\, when armed riders expelled her family from their hometown along with every other Blac k resident. Now\, twelve years later\, she's found a haven in \;the&nb sp\;all-Black town \;of \;Awenasa. But \;the \;constructio n \;of \;a dam promises to wash her home under \;the \;wat ers \;of \;the \;new lake. Jane will do anything to save \ ;the \;community that sheltered her. So\, when a man with uncanny abil ities arrives in town asking strange questions\, she wonders if he might b e \;the \;key. But as \;the \;stranger hints at gods and a ncestral magic\, Jane is captivated by a bigger mystery. She knows this ma n. Only \;the \;last time she saw him\, he was dead. His body laid to rest in a rushing river. Who is \;the \;stranger and what is h e really doing in Awenasa? To find those answers\, Jane will journey into a sunken world\, a land \;of \;capricious gods and unsung myths\,& nbsp\;of \;salvation and dreams made real. But \;the \;flood w aters are rising. To gain \;the \;miracle she desires\, Jane will have to find her voice again and finally face \;the \;trauma \ ;of \;the \;past.
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\nA bout the author: Leslye Penelope has been writing since she could hold a p en and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She is an award-winni ng fantasy and paranormal romance author. Her novel "Song of Blood &\; Stone" was chosen as one of TIME Magazine's "100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time." Equally left and right-brained\, she studied filmmaking and comput er science in college and sometimes dreams in HTML. She hosts the My Imagi nary Friends podcast\, co-hosts the Ink &\; Magic podcast\, and lives i n Maryland with her feline dependents. Visit her at: \;www.lpenelope.c om.
\nThis program is a part of the Freedom Stories Initiative. Free dom Stories is an initiative between a coalition of organizations and agen cies in Prince George&rsquo\;s County\, Maryland to provide antiracist and social justice programs. It discovers the histories\, stories\, names\, a nd places where freedom from enslavement and oppression began in Prince Ge orge&rsquo\;s County. Through dialogue facilitated by programs\, Freedom S tories strives to connect legacy to present-day Prince George&rsquo\;s fam ilies and provide insight into the determination and resilience of black p eople living in Prince George&rsquo\;s County in the 1700s. We explore his tory to create a more just and equitable present experience.
\n*Ther e will be a book signing and sale of "Daughter of the Merciful Deep" after the Author Talk.
\nPlease visit Joe's Movement Emporium's website for more information about this program and the Freedom Stories Initiati ve.
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