I have been working on this fiction story for some time. It has been a couple of years. But the story in it's entirety will be available within a month. I am relieved of course. This story is completely fiction. It does not represent the life of a real person or family for that matter. Some events in the story may have actually taken place but it is a fiction.
I will provide a summary of the story. I have included excerpts over the past few years but not a summary. Lil is the main character. She was born in 1865 a few weeks before slavery ended in the United States. However, her parents were escaping from the south and were unaware for several months that they had been free for some time. Therefore, the baby Lil was born free.
She grew up and married at 16. She lived in a very small town. Her husband, Buck bought the family a house at the edge of town. However, he was killed after three years of marriage. Everyone suspected it was the Klan but it was never proven. Lil's daughter Mae attended college and studied to become a teacher. She was the first person in her town ( either black or white) to attend a college.
She married a very successful businessman. He was from California and his family owned a very large Black insurance agency. Mae and her husband graduate and live in California.
Nathaniel is Lil's grandson. He is the son of Lil's son Steven. He is involved in a student civil rights protest and his friend is killed. Leroi is Charles' son. Charles is also one of Lil's sons. Nathaniel is studying pre-med at Harvard. He and his fiancé plan on becoming doctors and marrying.
The plans for the family are changed when Nathaniel learns that he has leukemia and perhaps six months to live. This story provides an account of how this fictional family survives, grows and changes through the 97 years of 1865 to 1962.
I hope you will enjoy reading it. There will be a few additional excerpts before the final story is available.
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