The Making of Isaac Hunt
by Linda Leigh Hargrove
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Author: Linda Leigh HargroveEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-01
ISBN: 0802462693
Number of pages: 342
Publisher: Lift Every Voice
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Book Review: An amazing first novel!
Summary: 5 Stars
With realistic and complex characters reminiscent of Lisa Samson and a plot line weaving in not only racial and relationship issues, but a page-turning mystery, you'd certainly never dream that The Making of Isaac Hunt is Linda Leigh Hargrove's first published novel.
Isaac Hunt is a fair-skinned, blue-eyed, black man who has grown up as the only child of wealthy and powerful parents--his father a judge, his mother a city councilwoman. While he may be able to "pass" for white, as his best friend Tate often reminds him, Isaac is tired of feeling like he never fits in--to the blacks he is too light skinned and to the whites his features are too "black." Isaac just wants to find his place in the world.
When his granddaddy's deathbed confession reveals that Isaac is adopted and his birth mother, Betty Douglas, lives in North Carolina, Isaac can't let it rest, even though his adoptive parents do everything they can to discourage him from finding her. Hiring a private investigator to obtain more information, Isaac begins a journey that will take him to the small town of Pettigrew--ruled by the powerful and white Benson family--and uncovers secrets that some would prefer remain buried.
Along the way, Isaac meets people who challenge his perceptions--of others, of himself, and most importantly, of God. People like Miss Lucretia, who welcomes him into her home and family as if he had always belonged; Miss Lucretia's granddaughter, Catty, who gets under his skin and challenges every stereotype he ever had about poor black women; and Trip, the white preacher who minces no words but will no more give up on his friends than a dog will give up a bone.
Not since reading Sharon Ewell Foster's Passing by Samaria have I been as impressed by how an author deals genuinely and authentically with issues of racial prejudice. Linda doesn't shy away from "touchy" subjects, but they are not there to make a point, they are there as part of the story. Since her bio states that she has co-led racial reconciliation discussion groups and conducted panels on racism in the church, this authenticity shouldn't be surprising.
Don't miss this debut novel by an author I look forward to reading much more of in the future!
--reviewed by Sheryl Root for TitleTrakk
Summary of The Making of Isaac Hunt
At his grandfather's deathbed, Isaac Hunt, a black man with blue eyes and skin so fair he looks white, learns his parents aren't really his parents. Armed with only his birth mother's name and the city where she last lived and reeling from betrayal, he goes in search of her and in search of the truth about his past. His odyssey takes him deep into the south, where the Klan still rules the small town of his birth, and where more than one person does not want Isaac to uncover the truth about who he his. Along the way, he must deal with issues of faith and forgiveness in this coming-of-age novel about race, identity, courage, and truth.Literature & Fiction Books
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