Rising

She should have been able to trust him....

Night sweats were my dance, especially in the Huston home. They were a continuation of the visions I had experienced in Dorchester, only here, they were much more violent.

Set in a wealthy community in northern Michigan, Rising tells the story of nine-year-old Symone, who is adopted by the Hustons--a shameless family with a house at the top of the hill--after her mother dies of a drug overdose. And though Symone is all too happy to leave the Dorchester projects behind, she can't help but wonder why this rich white couple has come to the ghetto to adopt a black girl who looked white. Soon Symone discovers that the Hustons aren't saviors but instead demons who have delivered her into another kind of hell. She escapes only to return again years later, realizing that she must face the demons of her past if she has any hope of surviving the future.

Rising is an evocative, undeniably potent, and completely unforgettable novel.

Author: Darnella Ford
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 01/02/2003
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780312303068

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2002 pg. 1415
Publishers Weekly 10/28/2002 pg. 46
Library Journal 11/01/2002 pg. 110
Qbr the Black Book Review 11/01/2002 pg. 16
Booklist 11/15/2002 pg. 571
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2003 pg. 34
Romantic Times 01/01/2003 pg. 99 - Excellent
Ebony 03/01/2003 pg. 25

About the Author

Darnella Ford began writing at the age of nine. She has written several screenplays and one teleplay. She is also a Spoken Word artist and performs regularly in the Los Angeles area, where she lives. Rising is her first novel.

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