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About the novel . . .
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Fall, 1963, the peak of the civil rights movement. A quarter of a million
people have just marched on Washington, where they were galvanized by Martin
Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Mortified by her mother's public role in the struggle for racial
equality, 17-year-old Beryl Rosinsky flees DC to enroll at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, planning to blend in and leave her mother agape
with horror.
Instead, she encounters a world of troubling paradoxes: southern gentility
masking deep-seated prejudices; a token "colored" girl relegated to a deserted
hall in a crowded dorm; a "liberal" university with strict curfews and rules for
women that don't apply to men; a ban on left-leaning speakers that prevents her
own father from giving a program on campus.
Meaning to conform, to reject her destiny as her mother's daughter, instead
Beryl's immersion in a world she never imagined forces her to come to terms with
her family's values -- and teach her who she really is.
Sample Reviews:
Solid and absorbing. Bache capably reflects the complexities
of this volatile period, including the shock of the Kennedy
assassination. -Publishers Weekly
The Rosinsky clan is a lively bunch and Bache renders them both
comically tenderly.
-Raleigh News & Observer
"Engaging and lively, The Activist's Daughter grapples with
tough political and social issues and makes no bones about the need for human
connection and a defined sense of human purpose. Sensitive and non-dogmatic,
this is a moving and insightful novel."
-Lilith, The Independent Jewish Woman's Magazine |
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