Ashley Hope Perezs OUT OF DARKNESS
Ashley Hope Perezs OUT OF DARKNESS Last year, Ashley Hope Perezs Out of Darkness got a lot of buzz in my networks. Heres the synopsis: "This is East Texas, and theres lines. Lines you cross, lines you dont cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Ashley Hope P�rez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion�the worst school disaster in American history�as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. I got a copy and started reading. Then, I got to page 98 and paused at "Im a low man on the totem pole." Prior to that reading, Id had very limited--but positive--interactions with Ashley....