Mama Flora

She vowed to find a better world for her children.  Even if she had to make it

herself.

A sweeping epic of contemporary history by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alex

Haley, this magnificent novel weaves an unforgettable story of one family,

three generations, and their search for the American dream....

She is the heart and soul of her family who, through faith and courage, drives

herself, her children, and her grandchildren onward, determined to propel them

to a better place. Mama Flora, born to poor sharecroppers in Tennessee, is

forced to raise her children alone after the murder of her husband. But it

will not be Willie, her son, who fulfills her ambitions, but Ruthana, the

niece she raises as her own. Inspired by her love for the radical poet Ben,

Ruthana seeks her soul in Africa even as Willie's son and daughter embrace

Black Power and drugs in their embattled coming-of-age. Throughout all the

seasons of their lives, it is Mama Flora who prevails, whose quiet

determination and love bring them back, as she leads her own quest for justice

in tumultuous times.

_From the Paperback edition._