Acclaimed author Ellease Southerland is a recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Award for Poetry. In a similar vein as the works of Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison, this novel is a lyrical, contemporary classic steeped in colorful African folklore. Abeba Williams is a young girl abandoned by her mother and left to live under the care of the poor, yet loving Mamma Habblesham. A soaring narration by Patricia R. Floyd highlights this heart-stirring tale of hardship and redemption. "Ellease Southerland is a seer of the interior human landscape."-Maya Angelou