Summertime - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Vanessa Lafaye, Adjoa Andoh (Narrator) Horrifying and beautiful, Summertime is a fictionalised account of one of the most devastating natural disasters in US history. Horrifying and beautiful, Summertime is a fictionalised account of one of the most devastating natural disasters in US history. — Florida Keys, 1935. Hurricane Season. Tens of thousands of black and white men scarred by ... more »their experiences of war in Europe return home to find themselves abandoned to destitution by the US government.
The tiny, segregated community of Heron Key is suddenly overwhelmed by broken, disturbed men with new ideas about racial equality and nothing left to lose. Tensions flare when a black veteran is accused of committing the most heinous crime of all against a white resident’s wife. And not far off the strongest and most intense hurricane America has ever witnessed is gaining force.
Read by Adjoa Andoh. 9 Audio CDs (11 hours and 14 minutes)« less