Forever Beautiful
Generations, #1
Reeks: Generations
Suzette D. Harrison
- Floretta
- Coleman
- is
- young,
- determined,
- and
- gifted.
- A
- graduate
- of
- Madame
- C.J.
- Walker's
- esteemed
- beauty
- school,
- Floretta
- is
- on
- the
- brink
- of
- a
- bright
- future
- with
- plans
- to
- explore
- the
- world
- after
- completing
- her
- studies
- at
- Oberlin
- College.
- Her
- long-held
- dreams
- seem
- within
- reach
- until
- one
- telephone
- call
- shatters
- everything.
- Her
- mother,
- Iva
- Rae
- Coleman,
- has
- died
- unexpectedly.
- Devastated,
- Floretta
- returns
- to
- the
- small,
- all-Black
- town
- founded
- by
- enslaved
- ancestors
- to
- lay
- her
- mother
- to
- rest
- and
- is
- forced
- to
- navigate
- the
- complexities
- of
- loss
- and
- family
- obligation.
- Her
- younger
- brothers
- need
- her.
- So
- does
- her
- homeless
- great
- Aunt
- Sis,
- whose
- misfortune
- was
- caused
- by
- a
- family
- accident.
- She
- must
- grapple
- with
- these
- responsibilities
- as
- well
- as
- her
- parents'
- unconventional
- relationship
- while
- being
- drawn
- to
- Packer
- Sims,
- a
- captivating
- horse
- rancher
- and
- Seminole
- Indian.
- Told
- against
- the
- rich
- tapestry
- of
- 1949
- in
- the
- southern
- U.S.,
- Floretta's
- story
- is
- one
- of
- identity,
- self-discovery,
- and
- acceptance.
- Join
- her
- journey
- as
- Floretta
- forges
- a
- path
- that
- is
- forever
- beautiful
- and
- uniquely
- her own.
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