Embers on the Wind, Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
Embers on the Wind, Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
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Embers on the Wind
A Novel

Author: Lisa Williamson Rosenberg

Narrator: Karole Foreman

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2022

Synopsis

The past and the present converge in this enthralling, serpentine tale of women connected by motherhood, slavery’s legacy, and histories that span centuries.In 1850 in Massachusetts, Whittaker House stood as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It’s where two freedom seekers, Little Annie and Clementine, hid and perished. Whittaker House still stands, and Little Annie and Clementine still linger, their dreams of freedom unfulfilled.Now a fashionably distressed vacation rental in the Berkshires, Whittaker House draws seekers of another kind: Black women who only appear to be free. Among them are Dominique, a single mother following her grand-mère’s stories to Whittaker House in search of an ancestor; Michelle, Dominique’s lover, who has journeyed to the Berkshire Mountains to heal her own traumas; and Kaye, Michelle’s sister, a seer whose visions reveal the past and future secrets of the former safehouse—along with her own.For each of them, true liberation can come only from uncovering their connection to history—and to the spirits awaiting peace and redemption within the walls of Whittaker House.

About Lisa Williamson Rosenberg

Lisa Williamson Rosenberg is a writer, former ballet dancer, and psychotherapist specializing in depression, complex trauma, and racial identity. Lisa’s essays have appeared in Longreads, Narratively, Mamalode, the Defenders Online, and The Common. Her fiction has been published in the Piltdown Review and in Literary Mama, where Lisa received a Pushcart nomination. A born-and-raised New Yorker and a mother of two college students, Lisa now lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband and dog. For more information, visit www.lisawrosenberg.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marco

A gorgeously layered novel, cinematic in scope and yet hauntingly intimate. Embers on the Wind crosses the barriers between the living and the dead, illuminating how intergenerational trauma reverberates through history. An incandescent debut, luminous and mesmerizing.......more

Goodreads review by Cate

Embers on the Wind is a deep page turner. I can't say enough about this beautifully-written novel! This book -- from the opening seance -- drew me into the lives of contemporary women with wounds and the spirits of freedom seekers. Lisa Williamson Rosenberg deftly weaves several converging, generati......more

Goodreads review by Becky

2.5. The storyline could have been interesting. I thought I was going to learn some history regarding the slaves trying to seek freedom in Canada. But I would not consider this a historical fiction book as I learned very very little history of that time period. The switching back and forth in differ......more

Quotes

“Inspired by the tale of a real-life haunted stop on the Underground Railroad in Massachusetts, Lisa Williamson Rosenberg’s Embers on the Wind casts the safe house as the fiery final resting place of two formerly enslaved women—and a modern-day beacon for Black women seeking their own brand of freedom. But liberation in the present is elusive until they find their connection to the home’s lingering souls.” —Essence Magazine

“Lisa Williamson Rosenberg’s Embers on the Wind is a delight that will keep you turning pages to the very end. Her lyrical writing transports us from the nineteenth-century Underground Railroad to the Brooklyn of today, and in Rosenberg’s hands, the history is as vibrant as present-day life. The women in this book are searching for freedom, and luckily for us readers, they bring us along for the magical ride.” —Cary Barbor, host of NPR’s Gulf Coast Life Book Club

“Embers is a story that pulls you in with richly drawn characters and a skillfully intertwined plot twist that you’ll never see coming. It’s a perfect and delightful read, entertaining from beginning to shocking end.” —Dawn Porter, award-winning film producer and director of John Lewis: Good Trouble

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