Clover (eBook)

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Clover is ten years old when her father, Gaten Hill, the principal of an elementary school, marries a white woman, Sara Kate. Hours later there is an automobile accident, and Clover's father is dead, leaving her to be raised by her new stepmother.

In this stunning novel, Dori Sanders tells a story of black-white relationships like no other ever written, as seen through the eyes of a witty, keenly perceptive, and honest ten-year-old girl. Clover's family--her father, Gaten; her uncle Jim Ed and aunt Everleen, who operate the family peach orchard; her aunt Ruby Helen, who would like for Clover to live with her Maryland after her father's death; and Sara Kate, who is steadfast in her determination to see Gaten's wishes through--inhabits the rural, small-town South of today, no longer racked with racial tumult but still struggling to overcome differences of race and class.