“Most of what I’m about to tell you ain’t in no history book, no newspaper article, no encyclopedia. There’s a whole heap of stories don’t ever get told.”

This is the stories of what happened in between the newspaper articles. It's about the Pennsylvanian 1910 riots, the times before, during and after the Emancipation of the slaves in the US. It's the stories of how some things change, but most things don't. Family is family and who we are and how we are treated are still dictated by a few but what we hold in our hearts remain our own and can never be taken from us.

It's rare enough to come across a book that manages to combine a strong narrative, with strong characterisations and some mind-bending prose but Yvonne has achieved this. Mostly, for me though, this book is about Yvonne's Character Spring with her practical mind, deep-set anger but a unique view of the world. "The Sidewalk burps and rumbles, the street lurches, houses pitch" - when Spring is worried and upset.