Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Bebe More Campbell Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 10, 1993)
ISBN: 0345383958

Set in the recent American past, this is a timeless tale of racism, murder, and redemption. A black Chicago-born teen goes Deep South for the summer and is murdered for saying the wrong thing to a white woman. Repercussions are felt by everyone involved, both black and white, for generations.