The Shade of My Own Tree

Name: The Shade of My Own Tree
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Sheila Williams
ISBN: 9781436112789

Author: Sheila Williams

Narrator: Patricia R. Floyd

Unabridged: 7 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/18/2008

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Sheila Williams is a best-selling novelist. The Shade of My Own Tree is the bittersweet story of one woman's quest for self-discovery. Opal Sullivan, tired of her abusive husband, walks out on him after 15 unhappy years of marriage. With only her dreams to guide her, she buys an old house in need of fixing and starts over. Now surrounded by a cast of colorful characters, Opal learns some important things about life and second chances-to move forward you have to stop going back.

About Sheila Williams

Sheila Williams is the author of seven novels, including Things Past Telling, The Secret Women, and Dancing on the Edge of the Roof, which was adapted for the Netflix film Juanita. In addition to her published works, she is the librettist for Fierce, an opera commissioned by the Cincinnati Opera. Sheila lives in northern Kentucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tamyka

I enjoyed this book about a Black woman who was in a physically abusive marriage and her life after she was brave enough to leave. The author is a beautiful storyteller and the narrator seemed like a perfect match for the text. I found myself writing a few quotes in my journal because the author is......more

Goodreads review by Cris

Flowing like a river carrying autumn leaves Opal, a middle aged formerly abused wife and legal paraprofessional, finally finds herself ready to make her own life. She buys a ramshackle old yellow mansion and creates a shelter for women seeking to escape abusive relationships. Along the way she picks......more