TheHurston-WrightAwardFinalistmakesherlong-awaitedreturnwiththiselectrifyingsaga--asmovingandindelibleasTheTwelveTribesofHattie,TheTurnerHouse,andTheLoveSongsofW.E.B.DuBois--thatexploresthreegenerationsofafamilytryingtoovercometrialsandtraumaandfreethemselvesfromthedarknessofthepast.LottieRebeccaLeeisspokenintotheworldinFayetteville,NorthCarolinabyaBlacknursewhodeclares,“LordJesus,ifthatain’ttheblackestlittlebabybornthissideofheaven.“Later,Lottiewillprovethatsheistheancestors’promisetounearththeMississippiandGhanaianatrocitiesthathavetormentedBenjaminLee,hergrandfatherwhowasbornduringtheGreatDepressioninMississippi’sredclaytobaccofields,andBenjaminJunior,hissonandLottieRebecca’sfather,borninFayetteville,NorthCarolina,wherethepostKoreanWarGIBillpromisesprosperity.ThesetwogenerationsofmenarehauntedbytheMother-Spiritwhodidnotsurviveenslavement’spost-traumaticstressviolence.Trinityistherivetingstoryofthedaughter-spiritborntostitchlovebackintothescatteredwombsofherBlackmothersandcalllovebackintothefishingbluessongsofherBlackmalekin.LottieRebeccaLeeistheDivinespiriteddaughterborntoseteverythingbackuprightagain,inthisdaringlyoriginalnovel.
