This is also the story of a young man’s coming of age and a mother’s secrets and a family’s love in the face of violence. “ Book of the Little Axe is epic in ambition and scope, a sweeping tale that illuminates pivotal historical periods in Trinidad and North America, and the links between them. So Rosa must take him to where his story began and, in turn, retrace her own roots, acknowledging along the way, the painful events that forced her from the middle of an ocean to the rugged terrain of a far-away land.įiction nominee for the 2021 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award But his path forward is blocked by secrets Rosa has kept from him.
Her son Victor is of the age where he must seek his vision and become a man. But when her homeland changes from Spanish to British rule, it becomes increasingly unclear whether its free black property owners-Rosa’s family among them-will be allowed to keep their assets, their land, and ultimately, their freedom.īy 1830, Rosa is living among the Crow Nation in Bighorn, Montana with her children and her husband, Edward Rose, a Crow chief.
Bright, competitive, and opinionated, Rosa sees no reason she should learn to cook and keep house, for it is obvious her talents lie in running the farm she, alone, views as her birthright.
In 1796 Trinidad, young Rosa Rendón quietly but purposefully rebels against the life others expect her to lead.
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