01886cam a2200373 i 4500 2582226490 TxAuBib 20251006120000.0 241016s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668066102 hardback $27.99 1668066106 hardback $27.99 (OCoLC)1460916236 TxAuBib rda Downing, Antonio Michael, 1975-, author. Black Cherokee : a novel / Antonio Michael Downing. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025. ©2025. 260 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Ophelia Blue Rivers is a descendent of Cherokee Freedmen: Blacks formerly enslaved by rich southern Cherokee. She is "Black" but doesn't understand why that makes her different. She is "Cherokee" but struggles to know what that means. Their town of Etsi--once a reservation--still lives with the wounds of its disbanding. When the town, and the river that sustains it, are put in mortal danger personal rivalries threaten their very survival. Against this backdrop Ophelia begins her spirited, at times harrowing, search for place and family. She must discover: what does it mean to belong when belonging comes at such a high price? " --Provided by Publisher. 20251006. Cherokee Indians Fiction. Cherokee women Fiction. Women, Black Fiction. Black people Race identity Fiction. Multiracial people Fiction. Families Fiction. South Carolina Fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft TXKIP