Dessa Rose: A Novel

Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative. Toni Morrison

Expanding the canon of African American literature, alongside Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God, Alice Walkers The Color Purple, and Toni Morrisons Beloved, Sherley Anne Williams critically acclaimed and unforgettable Dessa Rose is a novel of two powerfully conceived female protagonists forging a vital friendship in the face of racial divides in the antebellum South.