Cary (Black Ice) pairs generations of loving, and loyal individuals with social history, making for an absorbing and moving tale. Philadelphia writer and poet LORENE CARY returns to Radio Times to discuss her. Finally, Alonzo's investigation into his great-grandmother's land puts him on a collision course with the men who brought about his great-grandfather's violent end. And Alonzo's mother suddenly wanting to reconnect after years of abandonment further complicates matters her marriage to the white man she met after abandoning her son turned her life around. But she hasn't owned the land since King, her husband, died almost 50 years ago Selma was King's second wife, not an heir, and this unforeseen fact, combined with ancient, racist inheritance laws, makes for a sticky situation. As the story begins, Khalil accompanies Alonzo to South Carolina where Alonzo urges the aging Selma to sell her land so they can pay for her long-term care. Lorene Carys novel, If Sons, Then Heirs (Atria Books, April 2011), recounts a love story for our time while exploring a searing racial history that. For generations the Needham family has owned and worked the land in South Carolina, but after the patriarch, King is murdered and World War II, most of the members made their way North leaving only Selma, King's widow, behind. Now he owns a construction business in Philadelphia and lives with Lillie, a single mom, and her seven-year-old son, Khalil. If Sons, Then Heirs is a complex novel about family, legacy and land. Alonzo Rayne was raised in South Carolina by his great-grandmother, Selma. Cary tells a complex story of family, race, and the challenges of reconciling the present with a persistent past.
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