The Cherokee rose
Subtitle: a novel of gardens and ghosts
By: Tiya Miles
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780895876355; 9780895876362
Subjects: Fiction; Plantations; Plantation life; History; Cherokee Indians; Chief Vann House (Spring Place, Ga.)
Description: Three young women are drawn to the Chief Vann House Historic Site in Chatsworth, Georgia, where scenes of extreme cruelty and equally extraordinary compassion once played out. Jinx is exploring her tribe's complicated racial history. Ruth, a writer, is there on assignment. Cheyenne seeks to connect with a meaningful personal history. Together they discover the secrets of the Cherokee plantation, and find that attempts to connect with the strong spirits of the past will help them reconcile the conflicts in their own lives.