Book Overview

Bibsy’s life changes forever when she falls in love after a chance meeting in a Harlem bar in 1952. The tranquil, free-spirited lifestyle she casually enters into with Jake Tucker collides with intractable memories of a difficult past, a new community fated for development and heartbreaking loss.

This multifaceted and riveting historical novel gives greater insight into the complexity of African American lives. With New York State’s major road and bridge construction in the background, rural enclaves become casualties of suburbanization.

This book is about love and heartbreak. Rural folk navigating a world marching inextricably towards modernization. Aunties and uncles, BBQs and Harlem. “Bibsy is a deftly written novel filled with richly textured characters and history set in New York that pulls you in from the beginning and doesn’t let go…”