The Gully Path

Nigga lover! The sneer becomes a term of endearment for Sue Ann Taylor as she protects her best friend Liz Bess, an African American girl who lives at the end of the gully path, from bully Booger Hudson. Set in Mississippi during the turbulent era of the 1950's and 60's, the story follows the lives of the two friends from their pre-adolescent years to their college years. Book 1, WHERE THE GULLY PATH BEGINS, tells Sue Ann's story from eleven years of age when she fought to maintain...
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Nigga lover! The sneer becomes a term of endearment for Sue Ann Taylor as she protects her best friend Liz Bess, an African American girl who lives at the end of the gully path, from bully Booger Hudson. Set in Mississippi during the turbulent era of the 1950's and 60's, the story follows the lives of the two friends from their pre-adolescent years to their college years. Book 1, WHERE THE GULLY PATH BEGINS, tells Sue Ann's story from eleven years of age when she fought to maintain her friendship with Liz Bess, to Sue Ann's entrance in college. Book II, WHERE THE GULLY PATH ENDS, tells of Sue Ann's love story with Tate Douglas, a COFO worker from the North, and covers the violent summer of 1964. Liz Bess, now Elizabeth, returns to Mississippi from the North, to become a freedom fighter for her people and comes face to face with racist violence and death. Through the turmoil, Sue Ann is reminded of the words of Cagalee, Elizabeth's grandmother, on her deathbed: Love ain't black, and love ain't white; it just is.