TIME PIECES CD

Audio Book Description:
In this quietly beautiful coming-of-age story, elven-year-old Valena lives with her familyin rural Ohio where she and hercousin share experiences such assurviving a tornado and going to an amazing circus. Yet Valena lives in boththe present andthe past as she strugg- les with racism in her daily life andlistens to and learns from her mother`s tales of her family`s proud history. Moving backwardand forward in time, these pieces of Valena`s life blend toform an extraordinary portrait of the ties that bind a familytogether over generations.