Book Review: Winds of Change
"Winds of Change" is author Carole Eglash-Kosoff's ("When Stars Align") second novel focused on the bi-racial relationships of a wealthy Southern family. In the new book, Eglash-Kosoff delves into the lives of the descendants of the Moss Grove Plantation. The three children who were relocated to San Francisco at the beginning of the volatile years of the post-Civil war reconstruction era learn the facts of their heritage which leads to lost love and many years of hunting for a sense of their true selves.
Bess, Stephen and Josiah were raised by Amy, the sister of Henry Roger's late wife. Henry was Josiah's father and the heir to the Moss Grove Plantation. He was murdered after whites in the community learned that he had black blood in his family. Amy made the decision to sell the plantation to Eli and Ruth Fineman, a Jewish couple, and take her nephew Josiah, her daughter Bess, and Stephen, the young son of friends who'd also been murdered, to the Pacific coast. Years later when Amy dies unexpectedly, Bess and Stephen learn who their true birth parents are when they fulfill Amy's last wish to be buried at Moss Grove. The revelation that the two are related destroys Bess and Stephen's chance to marry and opens the door to full knowledge of the racial diversity that originated from the Rogers clan.
Eglash-Kosoff carves the plot of this novel through several historical events, including the Spanish-American War, the mass immigration of African Americans to the northern United States and World War I. As these major events progress, the Moss Grove family expands two generations as the descendants of the Rogers clan become multinational as well as multi-racial. The planation serves as the base for this large family where they frequently congregated for weddings, births, as well as funerals. The author offers the reader an in-depth look into the lives of each of the core characters following their triumphs and heartaches.
What is most remarkable about this story is the love and trust that develops within this multicultural group even as the world around them continues to react violently to racial intermingling. Color soon becomes incidental as the individuals blend into a single family unit making life decisions together, caring for each other's children, and making themselves available to offer a helpful hand in a crisis. During a time in American history when racial divides were deep, this family manages to be exceptionally good to each other. Eglash-Kosoff succeeds in developing a unique, supportive and loving family that consistently defies all odds.
"Winds of Change" is a moving story of a multi-racial family thriving in the South and all parts of the world where the members find themselves. It is a story of solid familial love that contradicts the irrational beliefs of its historical setting and illustrates how love can transcend all barriers. I highly recommend it.
Melissa Brown Levine
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