Criminals are among us all but Lola was a criminal by way of genetic defect. She was born to be a criminal and only her family history would set her free from going to jail for a long time or maybe for life.
Lola was desperate and she needed to reveal the crimes of her forefathers in order to avoid going to jail. This is a story about love, revenge, murder, racketeering, prostitution, and many other crimes that were committed by the Harrison family dating back to the early 1900s.
Each generation was of career criminals who loved that lifestyle. Lola never tried to be anything but a criminal until she found herself sitting in a dark, smelly jail cell. The past had caught up with her. She was the first of the entire family of criminals to land in a jail holding cell.
The Harrison family, throughout the years, had to overcome many challenges in order to survive. Each generation changed the way they made money, handled criminal activities, and passed the wealth down to the next generation. Along with wealth, they passed the criminal genes. Each generation loved that life.
As the family history was passed down to the next generations and as the family members fell in love and got married, the color of the family changed. This family never showed any signs of being prejudiced and in fact did not even think about color. It was only a problem when outsiders became aware that this was an interracial family made up of black and white family members.
The Harrison family endured many ups and downs but always landed on their feet. At the end, the family came to Lola’s defense, starting with the forefathers. This story is all about a family of criminals and how they came together to save Lola.
Alice J. Harris Wood is the youngest of thirteen children whose parents were from Littleton, N.C. Her father, mother, uncles, and aunts did whatever it took to survive. If it meant being a criminal, that is how they lived. Many of the fictional characters and events came from actual family criminal behaviors. The Harrison family members were true survivors. None of them ever went to jail, not even Lola.