02262cam a2200301 4500 602848665 TxAuBib 20220930120000.0 220818s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780778333227 HRD 27.99 0778333221 HRD 27.99 TxAuBib West, Catherine Adel. The two lives of Sara [BOOK] / Catherine Adel West. 2 lives of Sara. 1st ed. Toronto : Park Row Books, 2022. 309 pages ; 24 cm. "A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee, where family encompasses more than just blood and hidden truths can bury you or set you free. Sara King has nothing, save for her secrets and the baby in her belly, as she boards the bus to Memphis, hoping to outrun her past in Chicago. She is welcomed with open arms by Mama Sugar, a kindly matriarch and owner of the popular boardinghouse The Scarlet Poplar. Like many cities in early 1960s America, Memphis is still segregated, but change is in the air. News spreads of the Freedom Riders. Across the country, people like Martin Luther King Jr. are leading the fight for equal rights. Black literature and music provide the stories and soundtrack for these turbulent and hopeful times, and Sara finds herself drawn in by conversations of education, politics and a brighter tomorrow with Jonas, a local schoolteacher. Romance blooms between them, but secrets from Mama Sugar's past threaten their newfound happiness with Sara and Jonas soon caught in the crosshairs, leading Sara to make decisions that will reshape the rest of their lives. With a charismatic cast of characters, The Two Lives of Sara is an emotional and unforgettable story of hope, resilience, and unexpected love.". 20220930. Blacks Civil rights Fiction. Boardinghouses Tennessee Memphis Fiction. Civil rights movements Fiction. Single mothers Fiction. Nineteen sixties Fiction. Memphis (Tenn) Fiction. Historical fiction.