The year is 1830 and Jamie Pyke, a celebrated silversmith and notorious ladies' man, is keeping a deadly secret. Passing as a wealthy white aristocrat in Philadelphian society, Jamie is now living a life he could never have imagined years before when he was a runaway slave, son of a southern black slave and her master. But Jamie's carefully constructed world is threatened when he discovers that his married socialite lover, Caroline, is pregnant and his beloved servant Pan, to whose father Jamie owes his own freedom, has been captured and sold into slavery in the South.
Fleeing the consequences of his deceptions, Jamie embarks on a trip to a North Carolina plantation to save Pan from the life he himself barely escaped as a boy. With the help of a fearless slave, Sukey, who has taken the terrified young boy under her wing, Jamie navigates their way, racing against time and their ruthless pursuers through the Virginia backwoods, the Underground Railroad, and the treacherous Great Dismal Swamp.
Glory Over Everything is "gripping...breathless until the end" (Kirkus Reviews).
The year is 1830 and Jamie Pyke, a celebrated silversmith and notorious ladies' man, is keeping a deadly secret. Passing as a wealthy white aristocrat in Philadelphian society, Jamie is now living a life he could never have imagined years before when he was a runaway slave, son of a southern black slave and her master. But Jamie's carefully constructed world is threatened when he discovers that his married socialite lover, Caroline, is pregnant and his beloved servant Pan, to whose father Jamie owes his own freedom, has been captured and sold into slavery in the South.
Fleeing the consequences of his deceptions, Jamie embarks on a trip to a North Carolina plantation to save Pan from the life he himself barely escaped as a boy. With the help of a fearless slave, Sukey, who has taken the terrified young boy under her wing, Jamie navigates their way, racing against time and their ruthless pursuers through the Virginia backwoods, the Underground Railroad, and the treacherous Great Dismal Swamp.
Glory Over Everything is "gripping...breathless until the end" (Kirkus Reviews).
Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Kathleen Grissom is now happily rooted in south-side Virginia. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House, Glory Over Everything, and Crow Mary. Find out more at KathleenGrissom.com.
"Glory over everything, Kathleen Grissom has done it again! With
her second novel, Kathleen gives us a stirring and uplifting tale
of the triumph of compassion and courage over bigotry and
brutality. The story jumps of the page, and her characters are
unforgettably human. Perfect for book club discussions, Glory Over
Everything is absolutely a must read."
*David R. Gillham, author of City of Women*
“As she proved in The Kitchen House and reaffirms in GLORY OVER
EVERYTHING, Grissom is a first-rate storyteller….But storytelling
alone does not define her talents. A master of character creation
and development, she draws a memorable cast….Throughout the novel,
Grissom neither moralizes nor excuses; instead, she observes with
an unwavering but kind eye, and she bestows upon the reader, amid
terrible secrets and sin, a gift of mercy: the belief that hope can
triumph over hell.”
*Richmond Times Dispatch*
Grissom’s lyrical storytelling is rich with period details, and the
novel can be read as either a memorable standalone or a captivating
sequel to The Kitchen House.
*Publishers Weekly*
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