This is an important and beautifully written must-read of a novel. Rarely have I been so attached to characters and felt so transported to a time and place. Historical fiction set in the rural south Stand-alone novel Book length: 101,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs “ When Stars Rain Down is so powerful, timely, and compelling that sometimes I found myself holding my breath while reading it. Faced with love, loss, and a harsh awakening to an ugly world, Opal holds tight to her family and faith-and the hope for change. Both young men awaken emotions Opal has never felt before. To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic interests-the son of her pastor, Cedric Perkins, and the white grandson of the woman she works for, Jimmy Earl Ketchums. Parsons’s residents-both Black and white-are forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town. But when the Ku Klux Klan descends on Opal’s neighborhood, the tight-knit community is shaken in every way possible. She and her Grandma Birdie work as housekeepers for the white widow Miss Peggy, and Opal desperately wants some time to be young and carefree with her cousins and friends. She hopes this foreboding feeling won’t overshadow her upcoming 18th birthday or the annual Founder’s Day celebration in just a few weeks. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing. This summer has the potential to change everything.
A moving story that confronts America’s tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. 18-year-old Opal is a young Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930s-and then the Klan descends.
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