"Carrie's Song"

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"Carrie's Song" begins with a lynching—one that affects Carrie's family for generations; Carrie lives in late 1890s Nashville, Tenn. as a musician, student and teacher. She hopes to graduate from Fisk University, one of the first in her family to get a formal education 30 years after the end of slavery. Her own teacher, Miss Scribner, serves as inspiration for Carrie's goals. As a teacher herself, young Carrie finds that so many other people of African descent need her help learning to read, write and cipher in a time when such skills were discouraged as part of a harsh caste system. Carrie's story is one of rising above the constraints of caste to achieve her goals. She gets involved in the women's suffrage movement with historical icons such as Ida B. Wells, and she adds her voice to the cries of many to stop the lynching of people of color. Along the way, she meets her love, Edward, who is drawn to the Spanish-American War in Cuba. The story honors those who lived in this space and time; it shows us how far we have come and how far we have to go. Carrie’s Song is the first novel in the Flight of the Heart series.