Eileen Clymer Schwab
Author of Promise Bridge
About the Author
Works by Eileen Clymer Schwab
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- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey, USA
- Places of residence
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Education
- Rutgers University (BA ∙ Communications)
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- Works
- 2
- Members
- 89
- Popularity
- #207,492
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 4
Jacy Lane has what most would consider a near perfect life, but after her father's unexpected death, it takes a sharp turn for the worse. Everything Jacy thought she knew about her father, her life, and her very being gets thrown up into the air with her desperaely trying to catch the peices. After discovering her mother is a slave and not the woman who raised her, several issues in Jacy's life click into place, but several more rise up. Jacy must make the hard decision to free her biological family and her new love interest from their bondage. Jacy is reluctant to see them go and decides shortly after to follow. But her path differs greatly from theirs as she flees to the North after them. She tries to sail north on a lighter boat, is almost caught by her ex-fiance, flees into the swamp, is accosted there, trapped by a slave hunter, turned over for bounty, whipped and much more. I feel Ms. Schwab is attempting to show the plight of all through a single journey, but it is almost a little much as one thing after another happens to Jacy with a speed that is nearly dizzying.
However, the book is intriguing, well written, and a definite adventure. The research is accurate and thorough, lending an authentic air to Jacy and those around her. I felt for Jacy as she struggled to find her way when all was lost. She doesn't belong with the whites or the blacks. But must instead determine who she is among both. You'll find yourself holding your breath in hopes that Jacy can make a new life for herself and those she loves in a world she doesn't understand.
Favorite Quote: "Ugly comes in all shades, Jacy. Don't pay her no mind."
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