A Wilderness of Vines
 A Wilderness of Vines is a novel by Hal Bennett.Despite its overtly romantic cover the novel is a serious satirical novel about post-slavery life in the South:Being black-skinned there are few adoptions from among the annex girls except by black preachers who frequently adopt one of them on a trial basis to help wash and sew the preachers claim and to do other little Christian chores for the church.It is somehow thought that black people are closer to God particularly pretty black-skinned girls with bosoms like round young muskmelons at midnight. 