Mudbound

I recently finished reading the book Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. As difficult of a read as this book was I still loved it. To read this book you have to have a strong stomach to be able to read books about the treatment of African Americans during the early 1900's.

The book takes place on a small farm on the Mississippi Delta. The book follows the story of the white land owner and several of their tenant farmers, in particular one African American family. The book reveals several individuals and how the handle the cultural norms of Mississippi during the 1940's. We watch the adjustment of a city girl having to adjust to life on a rural farm with very little facilities. A once gentle husband transformed be being a farm owner in the deep south. Two return veterans from WWII, one white and the other African American and their adjustment back to life in the Mississippi delta after spending years in Europe where whites and blacks where thought of as equals. We also watch their struggles from what they witness in the war.

I would highly recommend this book if you are able to stomach the culture of this time frame and the activities of the KKK for this book is not lacking any of it.