Walking Gentry Home By Alora Young
Jan 13, 2024 
Walking Gentry Home By Alora Young free pdf download. Walking Gentry Home is a poignant memoir told through poetry. Released on August 2, 2022, it chronicles the lives of her female ancestors in West Tennessee, from the enslaved women of the past to her grandmother, mother, and herself. The narrative resurrects the stories of women erased by history, including Amy, the first of Young’s ancestors to set foot in Tennessee.
It also recounts the tale of Gentry, Young’s great-grandmother who was forced into marriage at fourteen, and her mother, a teenage beauty queen ostracized by her white neighbors. Alora Young’s book was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry in 2022.
Walking Gentry Home By Alora Young Book Info:
- Publisher: Hogarth
- Published: August 2, 2022
- ISBN: 9780593498002
- Pages: 204
- Size: 1.86
