Common Threads

L.A. Champagne

ISBN 10: 147596885X / ISBN 13: 9781475968859

Published by IUniverse, 2013

About this Item

Dedication signed by author. Very clean and tight. May not have been read. Accompanying post card and bookmark advertising.

Seller Inventory # 005772

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Common Threads
• Publisher: IUniverse
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147596885X
• ISBN 13: 9781475968859
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

It is the early 1850s when thirteen-year-old Ashani tribe member Berko Yaba is snatched from his home in Ghana, West Africa, and placed on a slave ship bound for Jamaica. A short time later, Berko takes a new name, Jed, and reluctantly begins a new, imprisoned life with his shrewd owner. Meanwhile, in Cupar, Scotland, Johnny McDonald is like most teenage boys in his farming community, focused on raising healthy crops and animals. But when Johnny marries Diana and begins farming his own land, things begin to go wrong.

Halfway across the world from each other, Jed and John endure very different challenges. As Jed battles the torture of slavery and falls in love with Mary, another slave, John fights the daily obstacles that accompany a life of farming. But when John encounters a disaster that ruins his crops and Jed discovers the Underground Railroad, fate eventually leads both men and their families to journey to a small community in southern Ontario, where common threads tie them together as they become owners of one of the largest potato farms in Canada.

In this historical tale, the years pass and the families grow to include multi-racial twins, as events eventually lead a new generation to Mississippi, where everyone must face the sorrows of prejudice.

About the Author

L. A. Champagne was born with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. She has defied all odds and graduated from Georgian College, Barrie Ontario with an Advertising Diploma. A mother and grandmother, she served 5 years volunteering for RVH Auxiliary as head of public relations at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie Ontario, until her condition no longer allowed her to do the job. This is the first book in her trilogy.