Such Sweet Thunder Format:Paperback It began with a flutter

It began with a flutter of yellow feathers flitting through the trees

tortured and tied to a bed in an upstairs room

gorgeously evocative descriptions of a vanished world and steeped in its own vivid vocabulary

in a heartfelt novel from the acclaimed author of The Sweetest Remedy

Such Sweet Thunder Format:Paperback It began with a flutterAstonishing an uncommonly rich picture of Black American family life in early 20th century Jim Crow America. Publishers Weekly (starred review) This vibrant portrait of African American life in Jazz Age Kansas City captures the magic of childhood and parental love through the eyes of a remarkable boy (New York Times) This must read rediscovery, published in an elegant and unabridged paperback edition with a new foreword, is a literary masterpiece