Doing Life With Hope - A Patchwork Journey - Novel by Ingrid Landis-Davis

This is a rich and layered tale about legacy, service, creativity, loss and love, and about the importance of connection—to history, to family, to place, to community. The author explores how kin pass down legacies of integrity, joy, and strength and, yes, sometimes sorrow. This sweeping story of a Black family from the South focuses on resilience and love. Engaging characters keep a complex multigenerational plot moving to embody hundreds of years of American and Black history. It is a parable of how shared events can ripple across generations. This novel weaves together personal histories and the legacies that came before us with an expansive story about family, hidden stories and life’s journey. The protagonist’s rendering of our world, whether the exterior landscapes of the mountains of California or the rich cultural portraits of the interior of Hawaiian homes, it truly takes you on a journey. Rooted in specific American places and historical tragedies, she braids stories of the s