Angela Jackson-Brown Books in Order

After her mother’s death, ten-year-old Sylvia moves from Kentucky to Alabama with a father she barely knows. Facing rejection and further betrayal in his household, she struggles to build a life on her own terms.

These autobiographical poems trace a Black woman’s life in the American South after Jim Crow. Using the rebuilding of a house as a central image, Jackson-Brown explores grief, personal wounds, resilience, and the search for wholeness.

In 1936 Georgia, young housekeeper Opal Pruitt anticipates adulthood and a town celebration. When the Ku Klux Klan attacks her community, romantic uncertainty and racial violence test her hopes, her faith, and the bonds protecting her.

Washington restaurateur Eva Cardon wants to bring Southern food to working people, while ambitious senator Courtland Kingsley hopes to advance equality. Their meeting through activism sparks a love that could jeopardize both their futures and deepest commitments.

Bereaved and pregnant, Rose returns to her Georgia hometown unsure how to rebuild her life. Joining young civil rights activists draws her into dangerous resistance work and opens possibilities for purpose and love she thought she had lost.

In 1967 Alabama, Katia Daniels cares for boys in a group home while carrying her own family’s burdens. Workplace conflict, a brother missing in Vietnam, and a renewed friendship force her to reconsider what she wants for herself.