Flowers for the living
By: Sandra E. Johnson
Publisher: Texas Review Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Huntsville, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781680030839
Subjects: Mothers of murder victims; African American mothers; African American teenage boys; Police-community relations; Race relations; Crimes against; Fiction
Description: A riveting story of how a suicidal African-American teenager's forcing a young white cop to kill him devastates the teenager's mother as well the rookie cop. It also sparks a massive race riot and puts the mother and rookie in the crosshairs of a deranged gunman. The only place Emma Jennings, the mother, and Russell Rusty Carter, Jr., the cop, find refuge from the chaos engulfing them is the teenager's serenely beautiful grave. Through initially awkward meetings there, Emma and Rusty establish a bond that they must ultimately rely on to rebuild their lives and help heal their city.