The Blood of My Mother, Roccie Hill
The Blood of My Mother, Roccie Hill
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The Blood of My Mother

Author: Roccie Hill

Narrator: Adenrele Ojo

Unabridged: 12 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2023

Synopsis

After the deaths of her white father and mixed-race mother, young Eliza is left with neither home nor family in the newly forming frontier of Texas. Enslaved by men who treat her body as their property, she eventually escapes, marries, becomes a mother, and realizes her dream of having a small farm. But she must fight and kill to keep it—even if it does mean welcoming others who have been shunned or forgotten by society. Living and laboring together, will these outcasts find the strength and community they need to survive and flourish? Inspired by the story of her great-great grandmother, acclaimed author Roccie Hill presents an unforgettable literary saga of a woman and a place, growing and enduring under multiple flags and through the sorrows and turbulence of history.

About Roccie Hill

Roccie Hill is the author of Three Minutes on Love and Window of Exposure as well as several short stories and a play. A native Californian, she received her BA from UCLA and her MA from San Francisco State University. After working with César Chavez, she lived and worked in Paris and England before returning home, where, in addition to writing, she has exhibited her photography and studied US borderlands cultures. She is a professional genealogist with a focus on Native American ancestry.

About Adenrele Ojo

Adenrele Ojo is an experienced audiobook narrator and actor. A self-described theater brat, she spent many late nights as a young child falling asleep on theatre chairs as her dad directed and her mother performed. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Philadelphia, she received her bachelor of arts in theater from Hunter College in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathi on May 01, 2023

I was introduced to this book by a post from the author. She stated that it was based on her great-great-grandmother's life. I was intrigued. The publisher compares THE BLOOD OF MY MOTHER to WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING. Maybe, Both protagonists are "deserted" by family when they are young and left to fen......more

Goodreads review by Erin on November 07, 2023

Eliza Green and her older sister, Louisiana, are being raised by their father after the death of Eliza's mother shortly after her birth. Louisiana, born of a different mother, is blonde haired with creamy white skin. Eliza, born of a Melungeon mother and a white father, has curly black hair and grey......more

Goodreads review by Sheri on March 03, 2024

This is a beautiful story. I would stop and re-read some of the sections because they were like poetry. I wish the author had included an Afterword because her great great grandmother inspired this story. I would have loved to understand what the story meant to her, how she learned about her life, a......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on September 06, 2023

Excellent historical fiction (or retelling maybe non fiction based on her great grear grandmothers story) and family saga. I enjoyed the history mixed with a family saga; a story of mixed race marriage and familiy...as well as the prejudice by many and acceptance by others.......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn on January 11, 2024

Need to read a tale like this every once In a while.......more

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