Product Description

Based upon a true story of a young farm girl, Lesson of the Harvest is the riveting account of life on an impoverished farm during the Great Depression and how injustice prevailed during those extreme times in the backwoods of South Georgia.

As a desperate young woman, Mattie McCarey struggles to recover from the bitterness and trauma of circumstances caused by this lawless society. This compelling story embarks upon Mattie’s love and devotion for a black tenant farmer’s wife, Sarah, and tells of her youthful comradeship with Sarah’s son, Little Tom, and his dreams of escaping the disadvantages of illiteracy and poverty of South Georgia. It encompasses the hurt and pain Mattie feels from the rejection of the mother who gave her away. Eventually, Mattie, who is rooted deep in the country’s soil, is forced to leave the land she loves to bring back what is left of her family and to restore normalcy in her home left marred by unwarranted events.

Lesson of the Harvest bristles into an explosive encounter between Mattie and the man responsible for the rape and death of a young girl on a neighboring farm. Mattie must come to terms with lessons learned from her devoted and wise grandmother. Does she succeed or does she allow her anger and despair to burn deep within her soul like the burning cross of the Ku Klux Klan?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5036153 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-03
• Released on: 2005-01-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Rural Georgia in the Depression
I enjoyed reading about Mattie and her family in Lesson of the Harvest. Massey's portrayal of life in rural Georgia during the Depression captures your attention. The hardships that the family must endure are heartbreaking and makes the book a real page-turner. I am looking forward to reading the sequels that the author is working on.

Lessons of the Harvest
I could not put the book down....I could imagine the story in my mind as I read the book. What a wonderful interpation of life during the trials of the depression and the life in the deep South. The second book is already overdue. Jenny Massey seems to be a wonderful sincere and truly blessed woman.

Lesson of the Harvest
Lesson of the Harvest is one of the most suspenseful books that I have ever read. You get hooked on the story from chapter one. What is so amazing is that this book is based on a true story. You can bet there will be a movie made in the near future.